տորգ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian տորգ (torg).

Pronunciation

Noun

տորգ (torg)

  1. (dialectal) wooden framework, loom

Declension

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), տորգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 422

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dorw-, from *dóru (tree).[1][2]

Noun

տորգ (torg)

  1. weaving, fabric, net (said of a spiderweb)
    • 5th century, Basil of Caesarea, Homiliae in Hexaemeron 121:
      Եկեսցէ յարեսցի ի տորգս սարդիոստայնի
      Ekescʿē yarescʿi i torgs sardiostayni

Usage notes

As shown by the etymology and the dialectal տորգ (torg, wooden framework, loom), the original meaning is ‘wooden framework’. The only attested sense is figurative.

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), տորգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 422
  2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 606–607

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), տորգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 890a
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), տորգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 708a
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