խռնջայլ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խռնչող (xṙnčʿoł)

Etymology

Related to խղունջն (xłunǰn), Georgian ღვინჭილა (ɣvinč̣ila), ღუ̂რინჭილა (ɣûrinč̣ila, a kind of snail), all of unknown ultimate origin.

Noun

խռնջայլ (xṙnǰayl)

  1. snail

Usage notes

Attested only in Galen, translating Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías).

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), խղունջն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 376b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), խռնջայլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 986a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), խռնջայլ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 394b
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խռնջայլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 297b
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