ճլեզ

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is unknown. Probably onomatopoeic; compare Kermanic [script needed] (čelezg), [script needed] (čelīz), [script needed] (čolūz, crease), [script needed] (čelezgā’a, withered)[1] and Southern Kurdish چِلۊسیان (çilüsyan, to wither).

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Adjective[edit]

ճլեզ (člez) (superlative ամենաճլեզ)

  1. (dialectal, of people and plants) thin, lean; puny, small; weak; dried up
    Synonyms: նիհար (nihar), վտիտ (vtit), փոքրիկ (pʻokʻrik), նվազ (nvaz), ճռզած (čṙzac)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, pages 101—102

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ճլեզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ճլազ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ճլըզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ճլուզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 184
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “ճլեզ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (10.03.2015) “cılız”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “ճլեզ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan