քյալամ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian کلم (kalam). A doublet of կաղամբ (kałamb).

Pronunciation

Noun

քյալամ (kʿyalam) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. cabbage
    Synonym: կաղամբ (kałamb)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 63:[1]
      քալամ․ քափուցցի
      kʿalam; kʿapʿucʿcʿi
      քալամ (kʿalam) = capuzzi
  2. simpleton, dupe

Declension

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 248
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