Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian փարկալ (pʻarkal), from Persian پرگال (pargâl), پرگار (pargâr). In some dialects, from Ottoman Turkish پرگال (pergel).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փարգալ (pʻargal) (dialectal)

  1. pair of compasses
    Synonym: կարկին (karkin)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 60:[1]
      փարկալ․ քօմփասսօ
      pʻarkal; kʻōmpʻassō
      փարկալ (pʻarkal) = compasso

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References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 246

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “փէրկէլ”, 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
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փարկալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press