Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ոջիլ (oǰil).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ոջիլ (oǰil)

  1. louse

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The older form is որջիլ (orǰil), of uncertain origin.[1][2] Since Bugge the term has often been connected with Sanskrit रिक्षा (rikṣā), लिक्षा (likṣā, nit, young louse), Persian رشک (rešk, nit), Latin ricinus (tick), Lithuanian érkė (tick, mite), Latvian ērce (tick, mite) and especially Albanian ergjëz (nit), and derived from Proto-Indo-European,[3][4][5] but there are phonological problems.

Noun edit

ոջիլ (oǰil)

  1. louse
    մածանող ոջիլmacanoł oǰilcrab-louse
    ոջիլ արմտեացoǰil armteacʻgrub, mite, weevil
    քաղել զոջիլս, մաքրել յոջլոցkʻałel zoǰils, makʻrel yoǰlocʻto louse

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ոջիլ (oǰil)

References edit

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 482
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ոջիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 563–564
  3. ^ Bugge, Sophus (1889) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (in German), No. 4, Christiania, page 17
  4. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 335
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ոջիլ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 603

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ոջիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 517c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոջիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 563ab