ერკემალი
Georgian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Armenian երկեամ (erkeam, “of two years”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ერკემალი • (erḳemali)
- male sheep above one year of age; ram
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երկու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ერკემალი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries][1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 45