փաթիլ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A dialectal word unattested in Middle or Old Armenian. Closely related to the synonymous Turkish patul and Pontic Greek πατούλιν (patoúlin), further possibly also to Armenian թափուլ (tʻapʻul), Georgian თაფული (tapuli, pile of mown hay), Laz ტაფული (ťapuli, ball of yarn; large bundle of hay), Turkish tapul (bundle or pile of hay or grain), padul (bundle of hay), badul (lump). See each for more forms. The nature of the relationship and the ultimate origin are uncertain.

The Hamshen form թափուլ (tʻapʻul) is metathesized like թեպուր (tʻepur).

Pronunciation

Noun

փաթիլ • (pʻatʻil)

  1. large snowflake
    Synonym: ձյունափաթիլ (jyunapʻatʻil) (rare)
  2. (dialectal) tuft, flock of wool (carded or uncarded)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ձյունափաթիլ (jyunapʻatʻil)
  • փաթիլ-փաթիլ (pʻatʻil-pʻatʻil, in flakes, in flocks, adverb)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “փաթիլ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Altunkaya, Yunus (2012) Hemşince - Hamşeŝna: Kültür, Dil, Bilgisi (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, →ISBN, page 197a
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “թաթուլ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 201a, derives from թաթ (tʻatʻ, paw)
  • Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 201
  • Vardanyan, Sergey (2009) Kronapʻox hamšenahayeri barbaṙə, banahyusutʻyunə ew ergarvestə (nyutʻer ew usumnasirutʻyunner) [Dialect, folklore and song art of the Islamized Armenians of Hamshen (materials and studies)], Yerevan: University Press, page 288
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