անգղ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian անգղ (angł).

Pronunciation

Noun

անգղ (angġ)

  1. vulture

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-u-l-, from *h₂enk- (to bend), referring to the bird's curved beak.

Noun

անգղ (angł)

  1. vulture
  2. handle of a pot or basket

Usage notes

The nominative singular form անգեղ (angeł) given for the sense “handle” by some dictionaries was mistakenly back-formed by the dictionaries from the nominative plural անգեղք (angełkʻ).

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: անգղ (angġ), անգ (ang)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անգղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “angɫ₁”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 70
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անգղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy