Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Old Armenian առ ձեղունն (aṙ jełunn, at the ceiling), from առ (aṙ) and ձեղուն (jełun).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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առզել (aṙzel)

  1. (dialectal) bed for workers made at the ceiling or with straw in stables or cattle-sheds
  2. (dialectal) high wooden bed between two posts
  3. (dialectal) small and crooked chamber under the ceiling
  4. (dialectal) immovable wooden bed

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References

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  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “առզել”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*aṙ-zel”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 110