սիկղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սիկղ (sikł); see below.

Pronunciation

Noun

սիկղ (sikł)

  1. (historical) an ancient measure of weight and a coin (6.8 grams or a quarter of an ounce)

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίκλος (síklos), σίγλος (síglos) borrowed from Hebrew שקל (shékel). The Greek word gave also Latin siclus and together with it spread into other languages: compare French sicle, German Sekel and Russian сикл (sikl), сикель (sikelʹ).

Noun

սիկղ (sikł)

  1. an ancient measure of weight and a coin (6.8 grams or a quarter of an ounce)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սիկղ”, 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
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սիկղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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