Armenian

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գայլ

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գայլ (gayl). The inherited form is գել (gel).

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Noun

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գայլ (gayl)

  1. wolf

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
*wáy

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *waylos (howler, wolf), which replaced the usual Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (wolf) due to taboo.[1][2][3] The traditional attempts to derive from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (wolf) face great phonetic problems.

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Noun

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գայլ (gayl)

  1. wolf
    գայլ մատակgayl matakshe-wolf
    կորիւն գայլոյkoriwn gayloywolf's cub
    ցնկնիլ գայլոյcʻnknil gayloywhelping
    ոռնալ գայլոյoṙnal gayloyhowling
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References

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  1. ^ Fick, August (1894) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, volume II, bearbeitet von Adalbert Bezzenberger, August Fick, Whitley Stokes, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 259–260
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 34
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 196

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 511–513
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գայլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 431
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գայլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 61-62

Etymology 2

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From գայլ (gayl, wolf), a semantic loan from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, wolf; bit for a horse).[1] Compare also Latin lupus (wolf; bit with jagged teeth).

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գայլ (gayl)

  1. muzzle, cover for nose and mouth, bit
    գայլ ի բերան ածել, արկանել, հարկանելgayl i beran acel, arkanel, harkanelto gag
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References

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