Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian ղայիլ (ġayil), from Ottoman Turkish قائل (kail, kayil, consenting, agreed), from Arabic قَائِل (qāʔil).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ղայիլ (ġayil) (dialectal)

  1. consenting, agreed
    Synonym: համաձայն (hamajayn)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 28:[1]
      ղայիլկալ[sic]․ քօնթէնթարսի
      ġayilkal[sic]; kʻōntʻēntʻarsi
      ղայիլ կալ (ġayil kal) = contentarsi

Alternative forms

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References

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  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 232

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խայիլ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages