սինլքոր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian սինլքոր (sinlkʻor); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

սինլքոր (sinlkʻor) (superlative ամենասինլքոր)

  1. déclassé, belonging to the lower strata of society
  2. (figuratively) low, despicable, vile

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From սին (sin) +‎ լքեալ (lkʻeal) +‎ -որ (-or).

Adjective[edit]

սինլքոր (sinlkʻor)

  1. refuse, leftover
  2. low, despicable, vile
    սինլքոր ժողովրդեան, սինլքոր խուժանsinlkʻor žołovrdean, sinlkʻor xužanriffraff, dregs and refuse of the people, mob, rabble, scum of the people, the unwashed, the many-headed, beggarhood
  3. (nominalized) déclassé

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: սինլքոր (sinlkʻor)

References[edit]

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