լորտու

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian լորտու (lortu).

Pronunciation

Noun

լորտու (lortu)

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)
    Synonym: լոկ (lok)
  2. (dialectal) slug (gastropod mollusk having no shell)
    Synonym: շողուկ (šołuk)

Declension

Descendants

  • Turkish: lordu, loydu, lordi

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), լորտու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 298–299
  • Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, § 81, page 57
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 207, page 55

Old Armenian

Etymology

Uncertain. In dialects, also means "slug". Perhaps a derivative of լորտ (lort, sluggish). Alternatively, somehow connected with լորձն (lorjn).

Noun

լորտու (lortu)

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), լորտու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 298–299
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լորտու”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mann, Stuart E. (1984–1987), slidros”, in An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary, Hamburg: Buske, columns 1212–1213
  • Petersson, Herbert (1921) Studien über die indogermanische Heteroklisie [A treatise on the Indogermanic heteroclisis] (Skrifter utgivna av Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund; 1) (in German), Lund: Berlingska boktryckeriet, pages 138–139
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լորտու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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