շերեփուկ

Armenian

Etymology

From շերեփ (šerepʻ, ladle) + -ուկ (-uk), because of the tadpole's shape; compare dialectal գորտան գդալ (gortan gdal, tadpole, literally frog's spoon).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

շերեփուկ • (šerepʻuk)

  1. tadpole

Declension

See also

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շերեփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 511a
  2. Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “շերեփուկ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 513a
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