Armenian

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Etymology

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Dialectal development of Old Armenian աքաղաղ (akʻałał), perhaps due to contamination with լոր (lor, quail).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աքլոր (akʻlor)

  1. rooster, cock
    Synonyms: աքաղաղ (akʻaġaġ), խորոզ (xoroz), որձակ (orjak)

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աքաղաղ”, 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) “akʿałał”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 159