Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ծոծորակ (cocorak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ծոծորակ (cocorak)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of ծոծրակ (cocrak)

Declension edit

References edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown. Looks like a reduplication of an unknown root *ծոր (*cor). Perhaps related with ծործորակ (corcorak, little valley).

Noun edit

ծոծորակ (cocorak)

  1. nape of the neck
    խորոփիք ծոծորակիxoropʻikʻ cocorakinape
  2. occiput, back of the head

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծոծրակ (cocrak)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծոծորակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծոծորակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծոծորակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծոծորակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik