Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian լորտու (lortu).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

լորտու (lortu)

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)
    Synonym: լոկ (lok)
  2. (dialectal) slug (gastropod mollusk having no shell)
    Synonym: շողուկ (šoġuk)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: lordu, loydu, lordi

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լորտու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 298–299
  • Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, § 81, page 57
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 207, page 55

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. In dialects, also means "slug". Perhaps a derivative of լորտ (lort, sluggish). Alternatively, somehow connected with լորձն (lorjn).

Noun edit

լորտու (lortu)

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լորտու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 298–299
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լորտու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mann, Stuart E. (1984–1987) “slidros”, in An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary[1], Hamburg: Buske, columns 1212–1213
  • Petersson, Herbert (1921) Studien über die indogermanische Heteroklisie [A treatise on the Indogermanic heteroclisis] (Skrifter utgivna av Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund; 1) (in German), Lund: Berlingska boktryckeriet, pages 138–139
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լորտու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy