գիլ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian գիլ (gil); see it for more.

Noun

գիլ • (gil)

  1. stone for throwing
Declension

Etymology 2

From Persian گل (gel, clay).

Noun

գիլ • (gil)

  1. (dialectal) a kind of sticky, clayey substance which serves as soap
Declension

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “գիլ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “գիլ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 212

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wēlH-, from *welH- (to turn, wind), whence also գելում (gelum). For the sense "stone for throwing" compare especially Ancient Greek ὅλμος (hólmos, round, smooth stone), Russian валу́н (valún, boulder), from the same source.

Noun

գիլ • (gil)

  1. stone for throwing

Declension

Derived terms

  • գլաջարդ (glaǰard)

Noun

գիլ • (gil)

  1. rolling
    ի գիլ գալi gil galto roll (intransitive)
    ի գիլ հանելi gil hanelto roll (transitive)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: գիլ (gil)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 212
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