Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian հերկ (herk).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հերկ (herk)

  1. ploughing, tillage, tilth
    Synonym: վար (var)
  2. ploughed land left fallow
    Synonym: ցել (cʻel)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: herk, herg

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “հերկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 657a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հերկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 87b