Շորժա
Armenian
Etymology
From Azerbaijani Şorca (literally “salty place”), from şor (“salty”), from Persian شور (šur). The -ժ- (-ž-) reflects a dialectal Azerbaijani pronunciation of the suffix -ca.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ʃɔɾˈʒɑ]
Proper noun
Շորժա • (Šorža)
- Former name of Շողակաթ (Šołakatʿ), a village located on the shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Շորժա (Šorža) | |||
| dative | Շորժայի (Šoržayi) | |||
| ablative | Շորժայից (Šoržayicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | Շորժայով (Šoržayov) | |||
| locative | Շորժայում (Šoržayum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | Շորժան (Šoržan) | |||
| dative | Շորժային (Šoržayin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | Շորժաս (Šoržas) | |||
| dative | Շորժայիս (Šoržayis) | |||
| ablative | Շորժայիցս (Šoržayicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | Շորժայովս (Šoržayovs) | |||
| locative | Շորժայումս (Šoržayums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | Շորժադ (Šoržad) | |||
| dative | Շորժայիդ (Šoržayid) | |||
| ablative | Շորժայիցդ (Šoržayicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | Շորժայովդ (Šoržayovd) | |||
| locative | Շորժայումդ (Šoržayumd) | |||
Further reading
- Hakobyan, Tʿ. X.; Melikʿ-Baxšyan, St. T.; Barsełyan, H. X. (1991), “Շորժա”, in Hayastani ew harakicʿ šrǰanneri tełanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Regions] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 151b