լինգնաս

Old Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps a bastardization of Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).

Noun

լինգնաս • (lingnas)

1. an unknown animal, perhaps the lynx

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 319
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լինգնաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press