ձկնկուլ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ձկնկուլ (jknkul).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձկնկուլ • (jknkul)

  1. cormorant, Phalacrocorax

Usage notes

Two Phalacrocorax species are known on the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

Declension

Further reading

  • Ձկնկուլներ on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
  • Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), “ձկնկուլներ”, in Hayastani bnašxarh [Nature of Armenia] (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 446c
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben S. (2001) “ձկնկուլ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ B. Tʻṙčʻunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book II. Birds] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Macmillan Armenia, →ISBN, § 27, page 6

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn) + կլանեմ (klanem), literally ‘fish-swallower’.

Noun

ձկնկուլ • (jknkul), genitive singular ձկնկլու (jknklu)

  1. cormorant or grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձկնկուլ (jknkul)

References

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ձկնկուլ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 439
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