ձերբակալ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձերբակալ (jerbakal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ձերբակալ (jerbakal)

  1. arrested

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally “caught by the hand”, from *ձերբ (*jerb, an old instrumental of ձեռն (jeṙn)) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ կալում (kalum). The whole formation is a calque of Middle Persian dstglwb' (*dast-graw, captivity, literally caught by the hand).

Adjective

ձերբակալ (jerbakal)

  1. taken, arrested
    ձերբակալ առնելjerbakal aṙnelto take, to seize, to arrest, to make prisoner, to take into custody, to apprehend

Declension

Noun

ձերբակալ (jerbakal)

  1. prisoner, captive

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձերբակալ (jerbakal)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձերբակալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձերբակալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 42