կակալ

Armenian

FWOTD – 9 November 2019

Etymology

Related to dialectal կակալա (kakala, walnut; testicle; unripe fruit), dialectal (Khotorjur) կակըլ (kakəl, kernel of an apricot, almond etc.), Northern Kurdish kakil (kernel), Central Kurdish کاکڵ (kakill, kernel) (corresponding exactly to the Khotorjur form) and Georgian კაკალი (ḳaḳali, walnut-tree; walnut; testicle; eyeball; grain; piece).[1] According to Łapʿancʿyan, the Armenian words are borrowed from Zan languages: compare Laz კაკალი (ǩaǩali, walnut; testicle), Mingrelian კაკალი (ḳaḳali, grain; piece; kernel).[2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

կակալ • (kakal)

  1. (dialectal, Erzurum, Khotorjur, Hamshen, Tbilisi) walnut (together with the shell)
    Synonyms: ընկույզ (ənkuyz), պոպոկ (popok)
    • 17th century, Buniatʻ Sebastacʻi, Girkʻ bžškutʻean tumari :
      [] զկակալն երեն զմոխիրն դմակ եղով ի տեղն քսեն
      [] zkakaln eren zmoxirn dmak eġov i teġn kʻsen
  2. (dialectal, Tbilisi) eyeball

Declension

Derived terms

  • կակալթափի (kakaltʻapʻi)
  • կակալել (kakalel)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կակալ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 540a
  2. Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 90
  3. Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 369

Further reading

  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “կակալ”, 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 346
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “կակալ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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