Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Armenian գիլ (gil); see it for more.

Noun edit

գիլ (gil)

  1. stone for throwing
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Persian گل (gel, clay).

Noun edit

գիլ (gil)

  1. (dialectal) a kind of sticky, clayey substance which serves as soap
Declension edit

References edit

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976), “գիլ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “գիլ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 212

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *wēlH-, from *welH- (to turn, wind), whence also գելում (gelum). For the sense "stone for throwing" compare especially Ancient Greek ὅλμος (hólmos, round, smooth stone), Russian валу́н (valún, boulder), from the same source.

Noun edit

գիլ (gil)

  1. stone for throwing

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

գիլ (gil)

  1. rolling
    ի գիլ գալi gil galto roll (intransitive)
    ի գիլ հանելi gil hanelto roll (transitive)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գիլ (gil)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “գիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 212