կրայակիր
Appearance
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *կրայ (*kray, “shell”) + -ա- (-a-) + կրեմ (krem). Compare կրայ (kray, “tortoise”), գաղտակրայ (gałtakray).
Noun
[edit]կրայակիր • (krayakir)
- kind of mollusc
References
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կրայակիրք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 195