կլափն

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably a sound-symbolic formation based on կլանեմ (klanem) and լափեմ (lapʻem).

Noun

կլափն • (klapʻn)

  1. jaw
    Synonym: ծնօտ (cnōt)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: կլափ (klapʻ)
    • Armenian: կլափ (klapʻ)

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կլափն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կլափն”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 366
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կլափն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կլափն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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