Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian որձ (orj).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

որձ (orj) (superlative ամենաորձ)

  1. male (of an animal)
    որձ եւ էգorj ew ēgmale and female
  2. (dialectal) hard (said of radish used as seeds)
  3. (dialectal) hard, rugged (said e.g. of a woman)

Declension edit

Noun edit

որձ (orj)

  1. male (of an animal)

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Of the same origin as որձիք (orjikʻ, testicles).

Adjective edit

որձ (orj)

  1. male (said both of humans and animals)
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography] :
      Եւ զռնգնեղջիւր գազանէն ասեն թէ յՈվկիանոսէ անցանեն ընդ Ենտոս-Լիբիա մինչեւ ցՆեղոս, եւ նման են գետաձիոյ եւ ամենեքեան որձ են․
      Ew zṙngnełǰiwr gazanēn asen tʻē yOvkianosē ancʻanen ənd Entos-Libia minčʻew cʻNełos, ew nman en getajioy ew amenekʻean orj en;
      • 1992 translation by Robert H. Hewsen
        They tell of rhinoceroses which roam from the Ocean to Inner Libya as far as the Nile; they resemble the hippopotamus and are all males.
  2. very hard, rugged (said of objects)
  3. male (of a plant)
  4. unfertile

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: որձ (orj)

References edit

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