Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ընդերք (ənderkʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ընդերք (ənderkʻ)

  1. entrails, intestines, bowels
  2. depths, bowels of the earth; mineral resources

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*h₁én

From earlier *ինտեր (*inter), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter-h₂, +‎ (-kʻ).

Noun edit

ընդերք (ənderkʻpl

  1. entrails, intestines, bowels
    զսուրս նոցա ընդերաց իւրեանց մատուցանելzsurs nocʻa ənderacʻ iwreancʻ matucʻanelto slay others with their own swords

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ընդերք (ənderkʻ)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ընդերք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ընդերք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 280
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ընդերք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy