գորտն

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

գորտ (gort)

Etymology

From Old Armenian գորտ (gort); see it for more.

Noun

գորտն • (gortn), genitive singular գորտան (gortan), nominative plural գորտունք (gortunkʻ)

frog
գորտան մամուռ ― gortan mamuṙ ― green moss on the surface of morass
the roundish part of the hoof
swelling or fold under the tongue

Derived terms

գորտնուկ (gortnuk)
գորտընբուրդ (gortənburd)

References

Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 227
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գորտ”, 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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