# լոր
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* լո̈ւր (lür) — Moks, dialectological notation

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian լոր (lor).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /loɾ/, [loɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /loɾ/, [loɾ]

### Noun

լոր • (lor)
* quail, Coturnix

#### Derived terms

* լորաճուռակ (loračuṙak)
* լորիկ (lorik)

#### Related terms

* լորամարգ (loramarg)

#### Descendants

* → Northern Kurdish: lûr

### References

* ↑ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “լո̈ւր”, in Словарь наречия Мокса [Dictionary of Moks Dialect] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.1)‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 239
* ↑ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (2001) “լոր”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ B. Tʻṙčʻunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book II. Birds] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Macmillan Armenia, →ISBN, § 169, page 14

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is unknown.
Often connected with Ancient Greek λάρος (láros), λαρίς (larís, “a ravenous sea-bird”) and both considered either Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeias based on the verb "to shriek, cry out" (compare Latin lamentum) or borrowings from a "Mediterranean substrate". Greppin considers these proposals difficult, because the quail's voice at the most could be considered chattering and because of the semantic difficulty of relating an unappetizing sea bird with the commonly eaten field bird.
Note that the compound լորամարգ (loramarg, “a quail-like bird”) contains as its second component a reflex of Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh (“hen, bird”), which was not used in Armenian independently but is present in another compound, սիրամարգ (siramarg, “peacock”), wholly borrowed from Iranian. Therefore, լորամարգ (loramarg) may also be wholly borrowed from an unidentified Iranian compound, with լոր (lor) reflecting the simplex of that Iranian word. In this respect compare Classical Persian لارون (lārōn), لارده (lârda), لاروده (lâruda), لاروره (lârura, “quail”), known to Ačaṙyan but who considers the similarity accidental.

### Noun

լոր • (lor)
* common quail, Coturnix coturnix

#### Derived terms

* լորամարգ (loramarg)
* լորամարգի (loramargi)
* լորանոց (loranocʻ)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: լոր (lor), լո̈ւր (lür) — Moks, dialectological notation
** → Northern Kurdish: lûr

### References

* ↑ Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “լարուն”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 162a
* ↑ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لارده”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1111
* ↑ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لاروده”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1111
* ↑ Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “լոր”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 536b

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 297–298
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 79–82
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “լոր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 301a
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 312
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 650
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy