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)

1. frog

   գորտան մամուռ ― gortan mamuṙ ― green moss on the surface of morass

2. the roundish part of the hoof
3. 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