Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Russian гол (gol), from English goal.

Noun

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գոլ (gol)

  1. (sports, especially football) goal (act of placing the object into the goal)
    գոլ խփելgol xpʻelto score a goal
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Etymology 2

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From Old Armenian գոլ (gol).

Adjective

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գոլ (gol) (superlative ամենագոլ)

  1. lukewarm
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Noun

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գոլ (gol)

  1. (archaic) warmth, lukewarmness
  2. (dialectal) steam on windows and glasses
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Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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գոլ (gol)

  1. infinitive of գոմ (gom)
  2. (as a substantive) being, existence, that is
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Etymology 2

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According to Martirosyan perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wól-ih₂. Related to գաղջ (gałǰ) and cognate with Lithuanian vìldyti (to chill, let something cool), Proto-Germanic *wallaną, whence Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 (wulan, well up, boil over), Old Norse vella (to wall over, boil), Old English weallan.

Noun

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գոլ (gol)

  1. warmth, lukewarmness
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Armenian: գոլ (gol)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոլ”, 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 223