Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ծոծորակ (cocorak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ծոծորակ (cocorak)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of ծոծրակ (cocrak)

Declension

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References

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown. Looks like a reduplication of an unknown root *ծոր (*cor). Perhaps related with ծործորակ (corcorak, little valley).

Noun

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ծոծորակ (cocorak)

  1. nape of the neck
    խորոփիք ծոծորակիxoropʻikʻ cocorakinape
  2. occiput, back of the head

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ծոծրակ (cocrak)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծոծորակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծոծորակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծոծորակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծոծորակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik