թոք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թոք (tʿokʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

թոք (tʿokʿ)

  1. (anatomy) lung

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • թոգ (tʿog)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The sense of “mollusk” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, lung; kind of mollusk).

Noun

թոք (tʿokʿ)

  1. (anatomy) lung
  2. sponge (because of its pores)
  3. type of a mollusk

Declension

Derived terms

  • թոքակէս (tʿokʿakēs)
  • թոքամ (tʿokʿam)
  • թոքառաջք (tʿokʿaṙaǰkʿ)
  • թոքատուն (tʿokʿatun)
  • թոքացաւ (tʿokʿacʿaw)
  • թոքացաւութիւն (tʿokʿacʿawutʿiwn)
  • թոքտուն (tʿokʿtun)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թոք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թոք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), թոք”, 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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