Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian լիսեռն (liseṙn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

լիսեռ (liseṙ)

  1. axis, axle, spindle
    Synonyms: առանցք (aṙancʻkʻ), սռնի (sṙni)
  2. spindle whorl

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: liser, lizar

References edit

  • Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “լիսեռ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 227b
  • Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “լիսեռ”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 207b
  • Riggs, Elias (1847) “լիսեռ”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 45a