ծոծորակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծոծորակ (cocorak).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծոծորակ (cocorak)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of ծոծրակ (cocrak)

Declension

References

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Looks like a reduplication of an unknown root *ծոր (*cor). Perhaps related with ծործորակ (corcorak, little valley).

Noun

ծոծորակ (cocorak)

  1. nape of the neck
    խորոփիք ծոծորակիxoropʿikʿ cocorakinape
  2. occiput, back of the head

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծոծրակ (cocrak)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ծոծորակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ծոծորակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ծոծորակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ծոծորակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
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