կրայակիր
Old Armenian
Etymology
From *կրայ (*kray, “shell”) + -ա- (-a-) + կրեմ (krem). Compare կրայ (kray, “tortoise”), գաղտակրայ (gałtakray).
Noun
կրայակիր • (krayakir)
- kind of mollusc
References
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կրայակիրք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 195
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