Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian խլէզ (xlēz).

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Noun edit

խլեզ (xlez)

  1. lizard
    Synonym: մողես (moġes)
  2. (dialectal) slug
    Synonym: շողուկ (šoġuk)
    Coordinate term: խխունջ (xxunǰ)
  3. (dialectal, figuratively) worthless person

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References edit

  1. ^ 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, § 146, page 81
  2. ^ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 250, pages 62–63
  3. ^ Eren, Hasan (1999) “helez”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 176

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “խլէզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 470a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խլեզ”, 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, page 373a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խլեզ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 328–329