Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կալ (kal).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կալ (kal)

  1. threshing floor

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain. Often compared to Sanskrit खल (khála, threshing floor),[1][2] but the correspondence of Sanskrit kh to Armenian կ (k) is irregular.[3] Has also been linked with կասում (kasum, to thrash) and կամն (kamn, threshing board) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (to go, step)[4] or *gʷaktlo- (something for beating) (compare Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron, stick, cudgel)).[5][6] Others identify with կալում (kalum, to hold).[7][8] Note also Classical Persian کالیدن (kālīdan, to rout, defeat; to dissolve, scatter, cut in pieces).[1]

The sense "halo" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, threshing floor; halo).

Noun edit

կալ (kal)

  1. threshing floor
    արկանել, հոսել, սրբել զկալarkanel, hosel, srbel zkalto winnow
  2. corn-sheaves, rick, stack (prepared for threshing)
    Synonyms: օրան (ōran), գադիշ (gadiš)
  3. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
    Synonym: բակ (bak)
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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pictet, Adolphe (1863) Les origines indo-européennes, ou Les Aryas primitifs: essai de paléontologie linguistique, volume II, Paris: J. Cherbuliez, page 115
  2. ^ Müller, Friedrich (1890) “Armeniaca VI”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 122, page 3
  3. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 457
  4. ^ Viredaz, Rémy (2018–2019) “Occlusive + *r, *l en arménien : exceptions à la métathèse”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes[1] (in French), volume 38, page 26
  5. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 35–36
  6. ^ Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 241
  7. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1905) “Zur armenischen Sprachgeschichte”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen[2] (in German), volume 38, number 2, page 203
  8. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կալ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 373a

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կալ”, 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 483
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “կալ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

կալ (kal)

  1. infinitive of կամ (kam)
Declension edit