գաղտակուր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գաղտակուր (gałtakur); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

գաղտակուր • (gaġtakur)

  1. pearl oyster
  2. pearl shell

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The second component is *կուր (*kur), *կրայ (*kray, shell), found in կրայակիր (krayakir, kind of mollusc), կրայ (kray, tortoise). The first component is either գաղտ (gałt, hidden, secret) or is etymologically related to գլտորել (gltorel, to roll), thus “shell-fish with a spiral shell”.

Noun

գաղտակուր • (gałtakur)

  1. shellfish

Declension

Derived terms

  • գաղտակրական (gałtakrakan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գաղտակուր (gaġtakur)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաղտակուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաղտակուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գաղտակուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 195
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