Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (ground, bottom), and related to թաղ (tʻał, quarter of a city).

Verb edit

թաղեմ (tʻałem)

  1. (transitive) to bury, to inter

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թաղել (tʻaġel)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թաղ (5)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 145ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թաղեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 153
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թաղեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1061
  • Scheftelowitz, J. (1905) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 29, page 22