köken: A dialectal word which has also entered the literary language. The origin is uncertain. Recorded in Middle Armenian as կլուր (klur), կլոր-ակ (klor-ak), կլօր-ակ (klōr-ak). Ačaṙean identifies with Old Armenian գլոր (glor, “rolling”). This is rejected by J̌ahukyan — because the dialectal forms point to Old Armenian *կլոր (*klor) with a կ- (k-) — who derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *gōl-…