Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From որս (ors, game) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ գող (goġ, thief).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

որսագող (orsagoġ)

  1. poacher (person who trespasses in order to take game illegally; person who illegally takes animals from the wild)
    Synonym: (non-standard) բռականյեռ (bṙakanyeṙ)

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Further reading edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “որսագող”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Galfayean (Lusinean), Ambrosios (1900) “braconnier”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ patkerazard fransahay [Nouveau dictionnaire illustré français–arménien]‎[1], volume I, Paris: Typographie Morris père et fils, page 317a
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “որսագող”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House