սինլքոր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սինլքոր (sinlkʿor); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

սինլքոր • (sinlkʿor) (superlative ամենասինլքոր)

  1. déclassé, belonging to the lower strata of society
  2. (figuratively) low, despicable, vile

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սինլիքոր (sinlikʿor)

Etymology

From սին (sin) + լքեալ (lkʿeal) + -որ (-or).

Adjective

սինլքոր • (sinlkʿor)

  1. refuse, leftover
  2. low, despicable, vile
    սինլքոր ժողովրդեան, սինլքոր խուժանsinlkʿor žołovrdean, sinlkʿor xužanriffraff, dregs and refuse of the people, mob, rabble, scum of the people, the unwashed, the many-headed, beggarhood
  3. (nominalized) déclassé

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սինլքոր (sinlkʿor)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), սինլքոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սինլքոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սինլքոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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