սինլքոր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սինլքոր (sinlkʻor); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

սինլքոր • (sinlkʻor) (superlative ամենասինլքոր)

  1. déclassé, belonging to the lower strata of society
  2. (figuratively) low, despicable, vile

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սինլիքոր (sinlikʻor)

Etymology

From սին (sin) + լքեալ (lkʻeal) + -որ (-or).

Adjective

սինլքոր • (sinlkʻor)

  1. refuse, leftover
  2. low, despicable, vile
    սինլքոր ժողովրդեան, սինլքոր խուժանsinlkʻor žołovrdean, sinlkʻor xužanriffraff, dregs and refuse of the people, mob, rabble, scum of the people, the unwashed, the many-headed, beggarhood
  3. (nominalized) déclassé

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սինլքոր (sinlkʻor)

References

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