Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Old Armenian փաղփաղիմ (pʻałpʻałim) and the synonymous փողփողիմ (pʻołpʻołim) are usually said to be a reduplication of *փաղ- (*pʻał-) and *փող- (*pʻoł-) respectively, by-forms of փայլ (pʻayl), all supposedly inherited from Proto-Indo-European.[1][2][3][4][5] Compare however Laz ჶარჶალაჲ (farfalay) and Italian barbagliare.

Verb edit

փաղփաղիմ (pʻałpʻałim)

  1. to shine, glitter, gleam

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: փաղփաղել (pʻaġpʻaġel) (learned)

References edit

  1. ^ Bugge, Sophus (1889) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (in German), No. 4, Christiania, page 34
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 476–477
  3. ^ Meillet, Antoine (1935) “Les sourdes aspirées en arménien”, in Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 36, page 110
  4. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 987
  5. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2003) “Historical phonology of Classical Armenian”, in Frederik Kortlandt, Armeniaca: comparative notes, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 162 of 133–211

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փաղփաղիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 475a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 500
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փաղփաղիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փաղփաղիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy