Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰurotel, from *dʰwer- (door), whence դուռն (duṙn), and the suffix *-tel-.

Noun edit

դրոյլ (droyl)

  1. porter, usher

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դրույլ (druyl)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դրոյլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դրոյլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոյլ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դրոյլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy