լոլիկ

Armenian

Etymology

Originally a dialectal word, now adopted as the standard designation of tomato in the literary language. Derived from the sound-symbolic root լոլ- (lol-, round) + -իկ (-ik). Possibly related to Old Armenian լող (loł).

Pronunciation

Noun

լոլիկ • (lolik)

  1. tomato
    Synonyms: (colloquial, Eastern Armenian) պոմիդոր (pomidor), (colloquial, Western Armenian) տոմաթէս (tomatʻēs), (obsolete) ոսկեխնձոր (oskexnjor), (dialectal) կարմիր (karmir)

Declension

Descendants

  • Turkish: lolik, lollik

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 293a
  • Asatrjan, G. (1988) “Суффиксальный элемент -l- и некоторые вопросы фоносемантики в армянском языке [The Suffixal Element -l- and Some Problems of Phonosemantics in the Armenian Language]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 175 of 160–178
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 204, pages 54–55
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