խռիկ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is unknown. Compare dialectal խռուկ (xṙuk), խռիկ (xṙik, croup, an infectious illness of the larynx).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

խռիկ (xṙik)

  1. gill (breathing organ of fish)
    • finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary , (quoting from an unknown work abbreviated as Ašx. lg.):[1][2]
      Ձուկն ունի զխռիկս, որովք զշունչ առնու
      Jukn uni zxṙiks, orovkʻ zšunčʻ aṙnu
      Fish has gills, with which it breathes

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “խռիկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 308
  2. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “branchies”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 171b

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խռիկ”, 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 425a, unknown origin
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խռիկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 351a, deriving from the onomatopoeic խռալ (xṙal) +‎ -իկ (-ik)