փիղ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian փիղ (pʿił). Doublet of ֆիլ (fil).

Pronunciation

Noun

փիղ (pʿił)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: (dialectal) ֆիլ (fil)
  2. (chess) bishop

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Armenian · շախմատի խաղաքար (šaxmati xałakʿar) (layout · text)
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արքա (arkʿa) թագուհի (tʿaguhi) նավակ (navak) փիղ (pʿił) ձի (ji) զինվոր (zinvor)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փեղ (pʿeł), փիւղ (pʿiwł), փիլ (pʿil)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (pyl /pīl/). See Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru) for more.

Noun

փիղ (pʿił)

  1. elephant

Declension

Derived terms

  • զուարակափիղ (zuarakapʿił)
  • ցլափիղ (cʿlapʿił)
  • փղակոյտ (pʿłakoyt)
  • փղապան (pʿłapan)
  • փղապետ (pʿłapet)
  • փղաքաղ (pʿłakʿał)
  • փղոսկր (pʿłoskr)
  • փղոսկրայ (pʿłoskray)
  • փղոսկրեայ (pʿłoskreay)
  • փղորդի (pʿłordi)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փիղ (pʿił) (learned)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), փիղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փիղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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