Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձեղուն (jełun).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ձեղուն (jeġun)

  1. (rare) ceiling
    Synonym: առաստաղ (aṙastaġ)

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Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian *ძელოვანი (*ʒelovani), *ძელუანი (*ʒeluani), from ძელი (ʒeli) +‎ -ოვანი (-ovani).[1] Doublet of ջալոտ (ǰalot).

Noun edit

ձեղուն (jełun)

  1. ceiling
    Synonyms: առաստաղ (aṙastał), առիք (aṙikʻ)
    ձեղուն նաւացjełun nawacʻdeck of a ship
    ձեղուն գահուցjełun gahucʻcanopy
    ձեղուն կառացjełun kaṙacʻroof of a coach
    ձեղուն գլխոյjełun glxoyskull, cranium
  2. palate
    Synonym: քիմք (kʻimkʻ)
    ձեղուն բերանոյjełun beranoypalate

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ձեղուն (jeġun), (possibly) առզել (aṙzel)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Абуладзе, И. В. (1967) “Несколько общих слов в древнегрузинском и древнеармянском языках [Some Common Words in Classical Georgian and Classical Armenian]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Russian), numbers 2–3, pages 315–316

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձեղուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձեղուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 431, 437