քահալ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian քահալ (kʻahal), գահալ (gahal), ultimately from Arabic كَهْل (kahl).

Adjective

քահալ • (kʻahal) (obsolete)

  1. sluggish, lazy
    Synonym: ծույլ (cuyl)
    • 1636, Simēon Lehacʿi, Ułegrutʿiwn [Travel Accounts] :[1][2]
      Եւ յորժամ ճանապարհ ելաք, այն արագ իշվան հազիւ շարժէին, քահալ եւ ծոյլ եղեն
      Ew yoržam čanaparh elakʻ, ayn arag išvan haziw šaržēin, kʻahal ew coyl eġen
      • Translation by George A. Bournoutian
        When we started our journey, the swift donkeys moved with difficulty and appeared to be old and lazy.
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 13:[3]
      գահալ․ փօլթռօնէ
      gahal; pʻōltʻṙōnē
      գահալ (gahal) = poltrone

Alternative forms
  • գահալ (gahal)

References
  1. Akinean, H. N., editor (1936), Simēon dpri Lehacʻwoy uġegrutʻiwn, taregrutʻiwn ew yišatakarankʻ (Azgayin matenadaran; 141), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 227
  2. Bournoutian, George A. (2007) The Travel Accounts of Simēon of Poland (Armenian Studies Series; 10)‎, Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, pages 201–202
  3. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 219

Further reading
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “գահալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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