ալոջ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈlod͡ʒ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈlot͡ʃ/,

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• Hyphenation: ա‧լոջ

From Old Armenian ալոջ (aloǰ); see it for more.

ալոջ • (aloǰ)

1. she-kid

ալոջ • (aloǰ)

1. Alternative form of ալոճ (aloč)

Perhaps from Proto-Armenian *al-ó-, from Proto-Indo-European *plH-ós, the genitive of *pṓlH-s, whence ուլ (ul). The ending -ոջ (-oǰ) may be due to the influence of որոջ (oroǰ, “lamb”).

ալոջ • (aloǰ)

1. she-kid

• Armenian: ալոջ (aloǰ)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ալոջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ալոջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ալոջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aloǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 15