թել

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թել (tʿel).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [tʰɛl]
  • (file)

Noun

թել (tʿel)

  1. thread
    բարակ թելbarak tʿelthin thread

Declension

Descendants

  • Avar: тел (tel)
  • Azerbaijani: tel
  • Crimean Tatar: tel
  • Libyan Arabic: تل (tall)
  • Lomavren: թել (tʿel)
  • Ossetian: тел (tel)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تل (tel)
    • Turkish: tel
    • Albanian: tel
    • Bulgarian: тел (tel)
    • Greek: τέλι (téli)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: têl
      Central Kurdish: تەل (tel), تێل (têl)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: тел
      Latin: tel
  • Persian: تیلا (tilâ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

թել (tʿel)

  1. thread, filament; fibre
    թել ոսկիtʿel oskigolden thread
    թել արծաթիtʿel arcatʿisilver thread
    թել երկաթիtʿel erkatʿiiron or metal wire
    հատանել թելս թելսhatanel tʿels tʿelsto reduce to filaments; to atomize
    թել զթելն յօրինելtʿel ztʿeln yōrinelto weave thread by thread; to adorn symmetrically
    թելք բանից, պատմութեանtʿelkʿ banicʿ, patmutʿeanthe thread of a discourse or story
    հատանել զթել բանինhatanel ztʿel baninto break the thread of one's argument
    թել կենացtʿel kenacʿthe thread of life
    հատանել զթել կենացhatanel ztʿel kenacʿto cut the thread of life, to cut off one's days
  2. (music) chord

Declension

Derived terms

  • թելադիր (tʿeladir)
  • թելադրեմ (tʿeladrem)
  • թելադրութիւն (tʿeladrutʿiwn)
  • ոսկեթել (osketʿel)
  • ոսկիաթել (oskiatʿel)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թել (tʿel)
    • Avar: тел (tel)
    • Azerbaijani: tel
    • Crimean Tatar: tel
    • Libyan Arabic: تل (tall)
    • Lomavren: թել (tʿel)
    • Ossetian: тел (tel)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: تل (tel)
      • Turkish: tel
      • Albanian: tel
      • Bulgarian: тел (tel)
      • Greek: τέλι (téli)
      • Kurdish:
        Northern Kurdish: têl
        Central Kurdish: تەل (tel), تێل (têl)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic: тел
        Latin: tel
    • Persian: تیلا (tilâ)

References

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