Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կռթունք (kṙtʻunkʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կռթունք (kṙtʻunkʻ)

  1. (rare, anatomy) back

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “կռթունք”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The unattested singular is *կուռթն (*kuṙtʻn) (compare dialectal կռթնել (kṙtʻnel)), which is comparable with կուռն (kuṙn, back), with a suffixal element -թ- (-tʻ-).

Noun edit

կռթունք (kṙtʻunkʻpl

  1. back (of the body)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կռթունք (kṙtʻunkʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կռթունք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կռթունք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կռթունք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 376