թոք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թոք (tʻokʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

թոք • (tʻokʻ)

  1. (anatomy) lung

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թոգ (tʻog)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

The sense of “mollusk” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, lung; kind of mollusk).

Noun

թոք • (tʻokʻ)

  1. lung
  2. sponge (because of its pores)
  3. type of a mollusk

Declension

Derived terms

  • թոքակէս (tʻokʻakēs)
  • թոքամ (tʻokʻam)
  • թոքառաջք (tʻokʻaṙaǰkʻ)
  • թոքատուն (tʻokʻatun)
  • թոքացաւ (tʻokʻacʻaw)
  • թոքացաւութիւն (tʻokʻacʻawutʻiwn)
  • թոքտուն (tʻokʻtun)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թոք (tʻokʻ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թոք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թոք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թոք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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