բողկուկ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բողկուկ (bołkuk).

Pronunciation

Noun

բողկուկ • (boġkuk)

  1. newly grown horn of animals
  2. (anatomy) feeler, antenna
    Synonym: շոշափուկ (šošapʻuk)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Possibly from *բողկ (*bołk, radish) + -ուկ (-uk) (Middle Armenian բողկ (boġk)), i.e. "radish-like small horn".

Noun

բողկուկ • (bołkuk)

  1. newly grown horn of animals

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: բողկուկ (boġkuk)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բողկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բողկուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 and Boston: Brill, page 181
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բողկուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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