կնգում

Armenian

կնգում

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian *կնգում (*kngum), which is reconstructed on the basis of կնգմ-ենի (kngm-eni, ermine fur).

Pronunciation

Noun

կնգում • (kngum)

  1. ermine, stoat, Mustela erminea[1]
    Synonyms: սպիտակ աքիս (spitak akʻis), սպիտակ կզաքիս (spitak kzakʻis), ախազ (axaz)

Declension

References

  1. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1998) “կնգում”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ A. Katʻnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 302, page 32
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