որձիք
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis + -ք (-kʿ). See also որձ (orj), յորձ (yorj). Proto-Georgian-Zan *werʒ₁- may be an Armenian borrowing.
Noun
որձիք • (orjikʿ) pl
- testicles
Usage notes
The singular *որձի (*orji) is not attested.
Derived terms
- ամորձիք (amorjikʿ)
- խոլորձ (xolorj)
- խոլորձն (xolorjn)
- միորձի (miorji)
- յորձ (yorj)
- որձախոտ (orjaxot)
- որձակոտոր (orjakotor)
- որձամոլ (orjamol)
- որձաքար (orjakʿar)
- որձաքարեայ (orjakʿareay)
- որձեւէգ (orjewēg)
- որձխոտ (orjxot)
- որձկոճ (orjkoč)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “որձ”, 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), “*orj-i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 538