լորամարգ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian լորամարգ (loramarg).

Pronunciation

Noun

լորամարգ • (loramarg)

  1. Synonym of լոր (lor)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From լոր (lor) + -ա- (-a-) + *մարգ (*marg, bird). The second part is an Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh.

Noun

լորամարգ • (loramarg)

  1. a quail-like bird

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: լորամարգ (loramarg)

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 312
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լորամարգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page մարգ
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