ներթակն
Old Armenian
Etymology
According to Martirosyan probably from ներ (ner, “husband’s brother’s wife”) + թակն (tʿakn, “mouse”).
Noun
ներթակն • (nertʿakn)
- rat
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ներթակն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “nert‘akn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 503