լինգնաս
Old Armenian
Etymology
Perhaps a bastardization of Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).
Noun
լինգնաս • (lingnas)
- an unknown animal, perhaps the lynx
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 319
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “լինգնաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press