փարգալ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian փարկալ (pʿarkal), from Persian پرگال (pargâl), پرگار (pargâr). In some dialects, from Ottoman Turkish پرگال (pergel).

Pronunciation

Noun

փարգալ (pʿargal) (dialectal)

  1. pair of compasses
    Synonym: կարկին (karkin)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 60:[1]
      փարկալ․ քօմփասսօ
      pʿarkal; kʿōmpʿassō
      փարկալ (pʿarkal) = compasso

Declension

Alternative forms

  • փարկալ (pʿarkal), փերկել (pʿerkel), փրգյա̈լ (pʿrgyäl), փա̈րգյա̈ր (pʿärgyär), փէրկէլ (pʿērkēl)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 246

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), փէրկէլ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), փարկալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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