ձկնկուլ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ձկնկուլ (jknkul).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձկնկուլ (jknkul)

  1. cormorant, Phalacrocorax

Usage notes

Two Phalacrocorax species are known on the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

Declension

Further reading

  • Ձկնկուլներ on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
  • Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), ձկնկուլներ”, in Hayastani bnašxarh [Nature of Armenia] (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 446c
  • Łazaryan, Ṙuben S. (2001), ձկնկուլ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʿ B. Tʿṙčʿunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book II. Birds] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Macmillan Armenia, →ISBN, § 27, page 6

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn) + կլանեմ (klanem), literally ‘fish-swallower’.

Noun

ձկնկուլ (jknkul), genitive singular ձկնկլու (jknklu)

  1. cormorant or grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձկնկուլ (jknkul)

References

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), ձկնկուլ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 439
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