Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (dwl /⁠dōl⁠/, bucket; Aquarius), Persian دول (dol, bucket), Sanskrit दोग्ध्री (dogdhrī).

Alternatively from Classical Syriac ܕܘܠܐ (dawlāʼ, pail, bucket; Aquarius).

Noun edit

դոյլ (doyl)

  1. pail; tub
    դոյլ կաթիdoyl katʻichurn

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դույլ (duyl)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դոյլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դոյլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 878
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դոյլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy