տորգ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian տորգ (torg).

Pronunciation

Noun

տորգ • (torg)

  1. (dialectal) wooden framework, loom

Declension

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տորգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 422

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dorw-, from *dóru (tree).[1][2]

Noun

տորգ • (torg)

  1. weaving, fabric, net (said of a spiderweb)

Usage notes

As shown by the etymology and the dialectal տորգ (torg, wooden framework, loom), the original meaning is ‘wooden framework’. The only attested sense is figurative.

Descendants

  • Armenian: տորգ (torg)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տորգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 422
  2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 606–607

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “տորգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 890a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տորգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 708a
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.