Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dʾhlyc /⁠dahlīz⁠/, portico), from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠duvarθi-⁠/, portico, colonnade), from 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (du-v-r-y-a /⁠duvar-⁠/, door, gate). Compare Old Armenian դահլիճ (dahlič), Old Georgian დალიჭი (dalič̣i), Iranian borrowings.

Noun edit

دهلیز (dahliz)

  1. vestibule, portico

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դահլիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 615–616
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 133
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 24
  • 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 874–875