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էրնջակ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A dialectal word recorded in Erzurum.[1] Amatuni normalizes the spelling to *երնջակ (*ernǰak),[2] but this is incorrect in view of the etymology.

Borrowed from a dialectal form of Turkish örümcek (“spider; spiderweb”). Note especially Maçka dialect erimcak.[3]

Doublet of էրունջէկ (ērunǰēk) in Yerznka dialect.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

էրնջակ • (ērnǰak)

  1. (dialectal, Erzurum) spider
    Synonym: սարդ (sard)

References edit

  1. ^ Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “էրնջակ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 392a
  2. ^ Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “գործարար”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 149b
  3. ^ Emiroğlu, Kudret (1989) “erimcak”, in Trabzon-Maçka Etimoloji Sözlüğü [Trabzon-Maçka Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Sanat Kitabevi, page 90a

Further reading edit

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 270, offering incorrect etymologies
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