ձերբակալ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձերբակալ (jerbakal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ձերբակալ • (jerbakal)

  1. arrested

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ձեռբակալ (jeṙbakal)

Etymology

Literally “caught by the hand”, from *ձերբ (*jerb, an old instrumental of ձեռն (jeṙn)) + -ա- (-a-) + կալում (kalum). The whole formation is a calque of Middle Persian dstglwb' (*dast-graw, captivity, literally caught by the hand).

Adjective

ձերբակալ • (jerbakal)

  1. taken, arrested
    ձերբակալ առնելjerbakal aṙnelto take, to seize, to arrest, to make prisoner, to take into custody, to apprehend

Declension

Noun

ձերբակալ • (jerbakal)

  1. prisoner, captive

Declension

Derived terms

  • ձերբակալեմ (jerbakalem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձերբակալ (jerbakal)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձերբակալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձերբակալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 42
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