Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown. Compare dialectal խռուկ (xṙuk), խռիկ (xṙik, croup, an infectious illness of the larynx).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խռիկ (xṙik)

  1. gill (breathing organ of fish)
    • finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary , (quoting from an unknown work abbreviated as Ašx. lg.):[1][2]
      Ձուկն ունի զխռիկս, որովք զշունչ առնու
      Jukn uni zxṙiks, orovkʻ zšunčʻ aṙnu
      Fish has gills, with which it breathes

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “խռիկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 308
  2. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “branchies”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 171b

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խռիկ”, 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 425a, unknown origin
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խռիկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 351a, deriving from the onomatopoeic խռալ (xṙal) +‎ -իկ (-ik)