գիլ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian գիլ (gil); see it for more.

Noun

գիլ (gil)

  1. stone for throwing
Declension

Etymology 2

From Persian گل (gil, clay).

Noun

գիլ (gil)

  1. (dialectal) a kind of sticky, clayey substance which serves as soap
Declension

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), գիլ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), գիլ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 212

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wēlH-, from *welH- (to turn, wind), whence also գելում (gelum). For the sense "stone for throwing" compare especially Ancient Greek ὅλμος (hólmos, round, smooth stone), Russian валу́н (valún, boulder), from the same source.

Noun

գիլ (gil)

  1. stone for throwing

Declension

Derived terms

  • գլաջարդ (glaǰard)

Noun

գիլ (gil)

  1. rolling
    ի գիլ գալi gil galto roll (intransitive)
    ի գիլ հանելi gil hanelto roll (transitive)

Derived terms

  • գլեմ (glem)
  • գլեցուցանեմ (glecʿucʿanem)
  • գլոր (glor)
  • գլումն (glumn)
  • մշտագիլ (mštagil)
  • վիմագլումն (vimaglumn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գիլ”, 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
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գել”, 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 212
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