իւղ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The earlier form is եւղ (ewł), borrowed from an unidentified Mediterranean substrate language, which is also the source of Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía), ἔλαιον (élaion), Latin oliva, oleum.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

իւղ (iwł)

  1. oil
  2. olive oil
  3. butter
  4. ointment, salve, unguent; pomatum; essence, essential oil, perfume
    • 5th century, Łazar Pʿarpecʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] :[3][4]
      Չօծան իւղով, չյարմարեցին սանտրով զհեր գլխոյ իւրեանց
      Čʻōcan iwłov, čʻyarmarecʻin santrov zher glxoy iwreancʻ
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        They did not anoint themselves with perfume, they did not arrange the hair of their heads with combs.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: յուղ (yuġ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իւղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 272
  3. ^ Łazar Pʻarpecʻi (1904) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ew tʻułtʻ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 110
  4. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1991) The History of Łazar Pʿarpecʿi (Columbia University Program in Armenian Studies. Suren D. Fesjian Academic Publications; 4)‎[1], Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 161

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իւղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իւղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy