Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ողորկ (ołork); see it for more.

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ողորկ (oġork) (superlative ամենաողորկ)

  1. smooth, glossy, sleek, polished

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *lorgʷ- (smooth). Related to լերկ (lerk, hairless, bald). Cognate with Old Irish lerg.

Adjective edit

ողորկ (ołork)

  1. sleek, glossy, smooth, terse, polished
  2. level, plane
  3. (figuratively) refined, sweet, affable, agreeable
  4. (figuratively) artful, cunning, crafty
  5. (figuratively) elegant, polite

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ողորկ (oġork)

References edit

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