բոյլ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-l-i-, from *bʰuH- (to grow). Cognate with Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon), Russian быльё (bylʹjó).

Noun

բոյլ (boyl)

  1. company, body, assembly (of people, deer, stags, bulls, etc.)
    բոյլքboylkʿPleiades

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • աստուածաբոյլ (astuacaboyl)
  • բազմաբոյլ (bazmaboyl)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բոյլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բոյլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 186
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