սիվրիսինէկ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- սիվրի սինէկ (sivri sinēk)
- սիվրիսինեկ (sivrisinek) – reformed orthography spelling
- սիվրիսինա̈գյ (sivrisinägy) – Van
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سیوری سینك (sivri sinek).
Pronunciation
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [sivɾisiˈnɛɡ]
Noun
սիվրիսինէկ • (sivrisinēk) (Istanbul, traditional orthography)
- mosquito
- Synonym: մոծակ (mocak)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902) , “սիվրիսինէկ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The Influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Words Borrowed from Turkish in the Vernacular Armenian Language of Constantinople in Comparison with the Dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow, Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 320
- Riggs, Elias (1847) , “սիվրի սինէկ”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 130b