Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Azerbaijani əmlik

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ամլիկ (amlik) (dialectal)

  1. suckling lamb
    Hypernym: գառ (gaṙ)
  2. suckling infant

Declension edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Ամլիկ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 138
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 156b, derives from Turkish
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “amlik”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 48, argues for a formation in Armenian as ամ (am) +‎ -լիկ (-lik), or derivation through syncope from *ամալիկ (*amalik), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥H-l- (see ամ (am)), -իկ (-ik)), with a parallel supposedly found in Old Norse simull (one-year-old ox), Norwegian simla
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “ամլիգ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 41c