Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• գորտ ‎(gort)

Noun

գորտն • ‎(gortn), genitive singular գորտան ‎(gortan), nominative plural գորտունք ‎(gortunkʿ)

1. frog

   գորտան մամուռ‎ ― gortan mamuṙ ― green moss on the surface of morass

2. the roundish part of the hoof
3. swelling or fold under the tongue

Derived terms

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 227
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գորտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935