Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian ջուալ (ǰual), ջվալ (ǰval), from Persian جوال (juvâl, sack, bag). The forms with չ- (čʻ-) are via Turkic.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ջվալ (ǰval)

  1. gunny sack (any big sack or bag made from burlap or hemp)
  2. (measure) one sack full, the amount of one sack

Declension edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ճուվալ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 223