Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From *կրայ (*kray, shell) + -ա- (-a-) +‎ կրեմ (krem). Compare կրայ (kray, tortoise), գաղտակրայ (gałtakray).

Noun

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կրայակիր (krayakir)

  1. kind of mollusc

References

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կրայակիրք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 195