գաղտակուր

From Old Armenian գաղտակուր (gałtakur); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑχtɑˈkuɾ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑχdɑˈɡuɾ/,

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• Hyphenation: գաղ‧տա‧կուր

գաղտակուր • (gaġtakur)

1. pearl oyster
2. pearl shell

• գաղտակրայ (gałtakray)

The second component is *կուր (*kur), *կրայ (*kray, “shell”), found in կրայակիր (krayakir, “kind of mollusc”), կրայ (kray, “tortoise”). The first component is either գաղտ (gałt, “hidden, secret”) or is etymologically related to գլտորել (gltorel, “to roll”), thus “shell-fish with a spiral shell”.

գաղտակուր • (gałtakur)

1. shellfish

• գաղտակրական (gałtakrakan)

• Armenian: գաղտակուր (gaġtakur)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաղտակուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաղտակուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գաղտակուր”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 195