գիլ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian գիլ (gil); see it for more.

Noun

գիլ • (gil)

  1. stone for throwing
Declension

Etymology 2

From Persian گل‎ (gel, “clay”).

Noun

գիլ • (gil)

  1. (dialectal) a kind of sticky, clayey substance which serves as soap
Declension

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “գիլ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “գիլ”, 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, Boston: Brill, page 212

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wēlH-, from *welH- (“to turn, wind”), whence also գելում (gelum). For the sense "stone for throwing" compare especially Ancient Greek ὅλμος (hólmos, “round, smooth stone”), Russian валу́н (valún, “boulder”), from the same source.

Noun

գիլ • (gil)

  1. stone for throwing

Declension

Derived terms

  • գլաջարդ (glaǰard)

Noun

գիլ • (gil)

  1. rolling
    ի գիլ գալ ― i gil gal ― to roll (intransitive)
    ի գիլ հանել ― i gil hanel ― to roll (transitive)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: գիլ (gil)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 212
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