թոք

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian թոք (tʻokʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

թոք (tʻokʻ)

  1. (anatomy) lung

Declension[edit]

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.

The sense of “mollusk” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, lung; kind of mollusk).

Noun[edit]

թոք (tʻokʻ)

  1. lung
  2. sponge (because of its pores)
  3. type of a mollusk

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: թոք (tʻokʻ)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թոք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թոք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թոք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy