Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian ծիլ (cil).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ծիլ (cil)

  1. sprout, bud
  2. (figuratively) first stages, germ

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Northern Kurdish: zîl
  • Turkish: çil, cil, zil
  • Zazaki: zîl

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. Perhaps a Georgian-Zan borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣wel-, whence Georgian წველი (c̣veli).

Noun

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ծիլ (cil)

  1. sprout, bud, haulm
    ծիլ արձակելcil arjakelto bud, to put forth buds, to shoot, to sprout, to germinate

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծիլ”, 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) “ծիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 341
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy