Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian դալ (dal).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

դալ (dal)

  1. colostrum, beestings
  2. a food made of cooked colostrum

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • դայլ (dayl)the existence of this by-form is uncertain

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-l-i(e)h₂-, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (to suck).

Noun edit

դալ (dal)

  1. colostrum, beestings

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դալ (dal)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “դալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 229
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “դալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy