օսլա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ոսլայ (oslay), earlier աւսլայ (awslay), of unknown origin.[1] Perhaps a corruption of Aramaic עמילא (amilā, starch),[2] from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon).

Pronunciation

Noun

օսլա • (ōsla)

  1. starch
    Synonym: կրախմալ (kraxmal)

Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “օսլա”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 615b
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աւսլայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 103b

Further reading

  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “amidon”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 54a
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