հալավ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Armenian հալաւ (halaw).

Pronunciation

Noun

հալավ (halav) (dialectal)

  1. garment
    Synonyms: հագուստ (hagust), զգեստ (zgest), շոր (šor)
  2. undergarment, tunic
  3. wedding dress
  4. the clothes brought by the bride as a dowry
  5. piece of cloth for menstruation
  6. (transferred sense) menstruation
    Synonym: դաշտան (daštan)
  7. piece of cloth used as a spinning wheel cover
  8. slough (the skin shed by a snake)
    Synonym: խորխ (xorx)

Declension

Derived terms

  • անհալավ (anhalav)
  • հալաված (halavac)
  • հալավանց (halavancʿ)
  • հալավացու (halavacʿu)
  • հալավցու (halavcʿu)
  • հալավօրհնեք (halavōrhnekʿ, rite of blessing wedding dresses)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), հալաւ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 630b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), հալաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 10a
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), հալաւ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 11b
  • Riggs, Elias (1847), հալաւ”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 71a
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), հալավ”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 404c
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), հալավ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 228
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