Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From շերեփ (šerepʻ, ladle) +‎ -ուկ (-uk), because of the tadpole's shape; compare dialectal գորտան գդալ (gortan gdal, tadpole, literally frog's spoon).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

շերեփուկ (šerepʻuk)

  1. tadpole

Declension edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շերեփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 511a
  2. ^ Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “շերեփուկ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 513a