Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From ծիլ (cil, sprout, shoot, bud) +‎ -իկ (-ik, diminutive suffix). Originally, a dialectal word.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ծլիկ (clik)

  1. (anatomy) clitoris
  2. (dialectal) sprout, shoot
    Synonym: ընձյուղ (ənjyuġ)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: zilik
  • Northern Kurdish: zîlik, zilik

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ծլիկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 516b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծիլ”, 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 455b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ծլիկ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 410b