էրնջակ
Armenian
Etymology
A dialectal word recorded in Erzurum.[1] Amatuni normalizes the spelling to *երնջակ (*ernǰak),[2] but this is incorrect in view of the etymology.
Borrowed from a dialectal form of Turkish örümcek (“spider; spiderweb”). Note especially Maçka dialect erimcak[3].
Doublet of էրունջէկ (ērunǰēk) in Yerznka dialect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛɾənˈd͡ʒɑk]
Noun
էրնջակ • (ērnǰak)
- (dialectal, Erzurum) spider
- Synonym: սարդ (sard)
References
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “էրնջակ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 392a
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “գործարար”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 149b
- Emiroğlu, Kudret (1989), “erimcak”, in Trabzon-Maçka Etimoloji Sözlüğü [Trabzon-Maçka Etymological Dictionary] (in Turkish), Ankara, page 90a
Further reading
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 270