ժանգալ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ժէնգյա̈լ (žēngyäl), ժէնգյալ (žēngyal), ժա̈նգյա̈լ (žängyäl) Karabakh, dialectological notation
  • ժենգյալ (žengyal), ժինգյալ (žingyal), ժանգյալ (žangyal), ժենգալ (žengal), ժինգալ (žingal)

Etymology

Probably from Azerbaijani cəngəl (undergrowth, brushwood; thicket of tall mountain grass), from Persian جنگل (jangal, forest, thicket). Azerbaijani /d͡ʒ/ is pronounced as /ʒ/ in western dialects.

Pronunciation

Noun

ժանգալ (žangal)

  1. (dialectal, Karabakh, Ararat) wild herbs, weeds
    Synonym: ժախռ (žaxṙ)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), ժանգալ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 391a
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912), ժախռ”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 225a
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), ժէնգալ”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of the Karabkh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 220b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), ժանգյալ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 155a
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