Շորժա

Armenian

Etymology

From Azerbaijani Şorca (literally “salty place”), from şor (“salty”), from Persian شور (šur). The -ժ- (-ž-) reflects a dialectal Azerbaijani pronunciation of the suffix -ca.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃoɾˈʒɑ/, [ʃoɾʒɑ́]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃoɾˈʒɑ/, [ʃoɾʒɑ́]

Proper noun

Շորժա • (Šorža)

1. Former name of Շողակաթ (Šoġakatʻ), a village located on the shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Շորժա (Šorža)
dative	Շորժայի (Šoržayi)
ablative	Շորժայից (Šoržayicʻ)
instrumental	Շորժայով (Šoržayov)
locative	Շորժայում (Šoržayum)
	definite forms
nominative	Շորժան (Šoržan)
dative	Շորժային (Šoržayin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Շորժաս (Šoržas)
dative	Շորժայիս (Šoržayis)
ablative	Շորժայիցս (Šoržayicʻs)
instrumental	Շորժայովս (Šoržayovs)
locative	Շորժայումս (Šoržayums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Շորժադ (Šoržad)
dative	Շորժայիդ (Šoržayid)
ablative	Շորժայիցդ (Šoržayicʻd)
instrumental	Շորժայովդ (Šoržayovd)
locative	Շորժայումդ (Šoržayumd)

Further reading

• Hakobyan, Tʻ. X., Melikʻ-Baxšyan, St. T., Barseġyan, H. X. (1991) “Շորժա”, in Hayastani ew harakicʻ šrǰanneri teġanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Regions] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 151b