կաթնուկ

Armenian

Etymology

A modern learned creation as կաթն- (katʻn-, milk) + -ուկ (-uk). Calque of Latin lactūca (lettuce), from lac (milk).

Pronunciation

Noun

կաթնուկ • (katʻnuk)

  1. (rare) lettuce, Lactuca[1]
    Synonym: հազար (hazar), մառոլ (maṙol), սալաթ (salatʻ)

Declension

References

  1. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “հազար”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 650, pages 53–54
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