See also: -իլ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian իլ (il).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

իլ (il)

  1. spindle

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

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Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • լոյ (loy) (claimed by Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui based on marginal notes)

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-, with the original meaning being “spine, spinal column”.

Noun edit

իլ (il)

  1. spindle
    իլ փաթութեալ, իլ մի լիil pʻatʻutʻeal, il mi lispindle-full
    իլոյ տալ զմատունսiloy tal zmatunsto twirl the spindle

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: իլ (il)
  • Chagatai: یلنك (ileng)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իլ”, 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 301