էրունջէկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish örümcek (“spider; spiderweb”). Doublet of էրնջակ (ērnǰak).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛɾunˈd͡ʒɛk]

Noun

էրունջէկ • (ērunǰēk)[2]

  1. (dialectal, Erzincan) spiderweb
    Synonym: սարդոստայն (sardostayn)

References
  1. Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “էորումճակ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 26b
  2. Kostandyan, D. M. (1979) Erznkayi barbaṙə [The Dialect of Yerznka] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 152a

Further reading
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 270
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