Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սինլքոր (sinlkʿor); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

սինլքոր (sinlkʿor) (superlative ամենասինլքոր)

  1. déclassé, belonging to the lower strata of society
  2. (figuratively) low, despicable, vile

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From սին (sin) +‎ լքեալ (lkʿeal) +‎ -որ (-or).

Adjective edit

սինլքոր (sinlkʿor)

  1. refuse, leftover
  2. low, despicable, vile
    սինլքոր ժողովրդեան, սինլքոր խուժանsinlkʿor žołovrdean, sinlkʿor xužanriffraff, dregs and refuse of the people, mob, rabble, scum of the people, the unwashed, the many-headed, beggarhood
  3. (nominalized) déclassé

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սինլքոր (sinlkʿor)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “սինլքոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սինլքոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սինլքոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press