դուրգն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰōrgʰ-m̥, from *dʰregʰ- (to run).

Noun

դուրգն • (durgn)

  1. potter's wheel

Declension

n-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative դուրգն (durgn)
genitive դրգան (drgan)
dative դրգան (drgan)
accusative դուրգն (durgn)
ablative դրգանէ (drganē)
instrumental դրգամբ (drgamb)
locative դրգան (drgan)

the plural forms are not attested

Descendants

  • Armenian: դուրգ (durg) (semi-learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դուրգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դուրգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դուրգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 245