որձիք

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis +‎ (-kʻ). See also որձ (orj), յորձ (yorj). Proto-Georgian-Zan *werʒ₁- may be an Armenian borrowing.

Noun

որձիք (orjikʻpl

  1. testicles

Usage notes

The singular *որձի (*orji) is not attested.

Derived terms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “որձ”, 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) “*orj-i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 538