ջվալ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian ջուալ (ǰual), ջվալ (ǰval), from Persian جوال (juvâl, sack, bag). The forms with չ- (čʻ-) are via Turkic.

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Noun[edit]

ջվալ (ǰval)

  1. gunny sack (any big sack or bag made from burlap or hemp)
  2. (measure) one sack full, the amount of one sack

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References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ճուվալ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi 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 žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 223