ձլեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps from *ձուլ (*jul, plough), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoh₁-(ō)l, and related to ձող (joł). Alternatively, a misspelling of ցելում (cʿelum).

Verb

ձլեմ (jlem)

  1. (transitive) to furrow

Usage notes

The word is a hapax legomenon.

Conjugation

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ձլել”, 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, pages 435, 437
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