ծիլ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ծիլ (cil).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծիլ • (cil)

  1. sprout, bud
  2. (figuratively) first stages, germ

Declension

Descendants

  • Northern Kurdish: zîl
  • Turkish: çil, cil, zil
  • Zazaki: zîl

References

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ծիղ (cił), ծիւղ (ciwł)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps a Georgian-Zan borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣wel-, whence Georgian წველი (c̣veli).

Noun

ծիլ • (cil)

  1. sprout, bud, haulm
    ծիլ արձակելcil arjakelto bud, to put forth buds, to shoot, to sprout, to germinate

Declension

Derived terms

  • ծլաձեւ (clajew)
  • ծլարձակութիւն (clarjakutʻiwn)
  • ծլեմ (clem)
  • ծլեցուցանեմ (clecʻucʻanem)
  • ծլիմ (clim)
  • ծղօտ (cłōt)
  • հաստածեղ (hastaceł)
  • շատծլու (šatclu)
  • ընձիւղ (ənjiwł) (possibly)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծիլ (cil)
    • Northern Kurdish: zîl
    • Turkish: çil, cil, zil
    • Zazaki: zîl
  • Armenian: ծեղ (ceġ)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 341
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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