Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Related to dialectal կակալա (kakala, walnut; testicle; unripe fruit), dialectal (Khotorjur) կակըլ (kakəl, kernel of an apricot, almond etc.), Northern Kurdish kakil (kernel), Central Kurdish کاکڵ (kakill, kernel) (corresponding exactly to the Khotorjur form) and Georgian კაკალი (ḳaḳali, walnut-tree; walnut; testicle; eyeball; grain; piece).[1] According to Łapʿancʿyan, the Armenian words are borrowed from Zan languages: compare Laz კაკალი (ǩaǩali, walnut; testicle), Mingrelian კაკალი (ḳaḳali, grain; piece; kernel).[2][3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կակալ (kakal)

  1. (dialectal, Erzurum, Khotorjur, Hamshen, Tbilisi) walnut (together with the shell)
    Synonyms: ընկույզ (ənkuyz), պոպոկ (popok)
    • 17th century, Buniatʿ Sebastacʿi, Girkʿ bžškutʿean tumari :
      [] զկակալն երեն զմոխիրն դմակ եղով ի տեղն քսեն
      [] zkakaln eren zmoxirn dmak eġov i teġn kʿsen
  2. (dialectal, Tbilisi) eyeball

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References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913) “կակալ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 540a
  2. ^ Ġapʿancʿyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 90
  3. ^ Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 369

Further reading edit

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945) “կակալ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 346
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “կակալ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan