պլոր

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian պլոր (plor), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to swell).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

պլոր (plor)

  1. (dialectal, vulgar) testicle
  2. (dialectal, vulgar) scrotum, ball sack

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Middle Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to swell) + -որ (-or). Cognate with Old Norse bǫllr (ball, testicle), Sanskrit बुलि (buli, buttocks; vulva). Related to բոլոր (bolor), պուպուլ (pupul), պլլիկ (pllik).

Noun[edit]

պլոր (plor)

  1. testicle

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: պլոր (plor)

References[edit]

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “պլոր”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բլուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press