Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սիկղ (sikł); see below.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սիկղ (sikġ)

  1. (historical) an ancient measure of weight and a coin (6.8 grams or a quarter of an ounce)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek σίκλος (síklos), σίγλος (síglos).

Noun edit

սիկղ (sikł)

  1. an ancient measure of weight and a coin (6.8 grams or a quarter of an ounce)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սիկղ (sikġ)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սիկղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սիկղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy