Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ուրուկ (uruk).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ուրուկ (uruk) (superlative ամենաուրուկ)

  1. (dated) leprous

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Iranian *wuruk, from earlier *vorūk-, and related to բոր (bor).[1]

Adjective edit

ուրուկ (uruk)

  1. leprous

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ուրուկ (uruk)

References edit

  1. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 188

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուրուկ”, 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) “ուրուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուրուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy