Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Armenian ծղրիդ (cġrid).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ծղրիդ (cġrid)

  1. tettigonioid, bush-cricket, katydid, long-horned grasshopper (member of Tettigonioidea)

Declension edit

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See also edit

References edit

  • Avagyan, G. (1979) “ծղրիդներ”, in Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʻyun, page 131ab
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծղրիդ”, 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 463b

Middle Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare ծղրալ (cġral), ծղրտալ (cġrtal), ծղրտան (cġrtan), ծղրտոց (cġrtocʻ).

Noun edit

ծղրիդ (cġrid)

  1. some kind of cricket

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծղրիդ (cġrid), ծղրդիկ (cġrdik)

References edit

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ծղրիթ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծղրիդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծղրիդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծղրիդ”, 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 463b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծղրիդ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik