շերեփուկ

Armenian

Etymology

From շերեփ (šerepʿ, ladle) + -ուկ (-uk), because of the tadpole's shape; compare dialectal գորտան գդալ (gortan gdal, tadpole, literally frog's spoon).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

շերեփուկ (šerepʿuk)

  1. tadpole

Declension

See also

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շերեփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 511a
  2. Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), շերեփուկ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 513a
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