Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian տորգ (torg).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

տորգ (torg)

  1. (dialectal) wooden framework, loom

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տորգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 422

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *dorw-, from *dóru (tree).[1][2]

Noun edit

տորգ (torg)

  1. weaving, fabric, net (said of a spiderweb)

Usage notes edit

As shown by the etymology and the dialectal տորգ (torg, wooden framework, loom), the original meaning is ‘wooden framework’. The only attested sense is figurative.

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: տորգ (torg)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տորգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 422
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 606–607

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “տորգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 890a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տորգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 708a