ლორწო

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian լորձն (lorjn), լորձ (lorj).[1][2] Alternatively, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *porc̣o- (slime).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔrtsʼɔ/

Noun

ლორწო (lorc̣o) (uncountable)

  1. mucilage, mucus, slime, phlegm

Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), լորձն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 298
  2. Djahukian, Gevorg (2003), “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 7, issue 1/2, page 193 of 191–194
  3. Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 189
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