Armenian edit

 
Լոքո, Silurus glanis

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Reborrowed from Georgian ლოქო (loko), from Old Armenian լոք (lokʻ). The dialectal լոք (lokʻ) is inherited from the same.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

լոքո (lokʻo)

  1. catfish, any fish of Siluriformes
  2. wels catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Northern Kurdish: loko

References edit


Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լոք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 305ab
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “լոք”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 258
  • Ananyan, Vaxtʻang (1975) Hayastani kendanakan ašxarhə [The fauna of Armenia] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 282–297
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “լոգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui. Yaweluac ašxarhik baṙkʻ anvkaykʻ i grocʻ aṙ mez ełelocʻ [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Dialectal Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1062c
  • Dadikyan, M. G. (1971) Hayastani jknerə [The Fish of Armenia]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 201–203, 212
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լոքո”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 246a
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “լօք”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 257b