գորտն

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian գորտ (gort); see it for more.

Noun

գորտն (gortn), genitive singular գորտան (gortan), nominative plural գորտունք (gortunkʿ)

  1. frog
    գորտան մամուռgortan mamuṙgreen moss on the surface of morass
  2. the roundish part of the hoof
  3. swelling or fold under the tongue

Derived terms

  • գորտընբուրդ (gortənburd)

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 227
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գորտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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