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ընդերք

ընդերք

Armenian

Noun

ընդերք (ənderkʿ)

  1. entrails, intestines, bowels
  2. depths, bowels of the earth; mineral resources

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier *ինտեր (*inter), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter-h₂, + (-kʿ). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron), Russian ятра (jatra), ядро (jadro).

Noun

ընդերք (ənderkʿ) pl

  1. entrails, intestines, bowels
    զսուրս նոցա ընդերաց իւրեանց մատուցանելzsurs nocʿa ənderacʿ iwreancʿ matucʿanel ― to slay others with their own swords

Declension

Derived terms

  • տղընդեր (tłənder)
  • տղընտեր (tłənter)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ընդերք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ընդերք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ընդերք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 280