Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian որս (ors).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

որս (ors)

  1. hunt, hunting, catching, chase
  2. game
  3. catch, take, prey

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *porḱos (fishing), with the only surviving cognate being Ancient Greek πόρκος (pórkos, fishing net). The sense of “fishing” must have become more general in Armenian. Dialectal հորս (hors) still preserves the initial *p-.

Noun edit

որս (ors)

  1. chase, hunting, hunt, sport
    զբօսանք որսոյzbōsankʻ orsoyfield-sports
    եղանակ որսոյełanak orsoyshooting-season
    այր հմուտ որսոյayr hmut orsoyskilful hunter, a good sportsman, a mighty huntsman
    որս ձկանցors jkancʻfishing, fishery
    որս թռչնոցors tʻṙčʻnocʻshooting, fowling
    որս աղուեսուցors ałuesucʻfox-hunting
    որս վագերցors vagercʻtiger-hunting
    որս հեծանելors hecanelto go a hunting or shooting
    յորս ածելyors acelto shoot wild beasts
  2. prey; venison, game
    պահապան որսոյpahapan orsoygame-keeper
  3. bait, lure

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: որս (ors)

References edit

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