Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աղամող (ałamoł).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աղամող (aġamoġ)

  1. tortuous, twisting; crooked, distorted

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References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “աղամող”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. According to J̌ahukyan, either reduplicated from *աղ- (*ał-) or compounded from *աղ- (*ał-) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ մող (moł). In any case, according to him *աղ- (*ał-) goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (to wander, roam).

Adjective

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աղամող (ałamoł)

  1. tortuous, twisting; crooked, distorted
  2. of several colours, variegated

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: աղամող (aġamoġ)

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