որձիք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃orǵʰ-i- +‎ -ք (-kʿ). Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌‎ (ǝrǝzi, “testicles”), Hittite [script needed] (arki-, “testicle”), Albanian herdhe, and Middle Irish uirgge (“testicle”). See also որձ (orj), յորձ (yorj). Proto-Georgian-Zan *werʒ₁- may be an Armenian borrowing.

Noun

որձիք • (orjikʿ) pl

  1. testicles

Usage notes

The singular *որձի (*orji) is not attested.

Derived terms
  • որձախոտ (orjaxot)
  • որձակոտոր (orjakotor)
  • որձամոլ (orjamol)
  • որձաքար (orjakʿar)
  • որձաքարեայ (orjakʿareay)
  • որձեւէգ (orjewēg)
  • որձխոտ (orjxot)
  • որձկոճ (orjkoč)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “որձ”, 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
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*orj-i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 538
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