ֆիլ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian ֆիլ (fil), ultimately from Arabic فِيل (fīl). Doublet of փիղ (pʿiġ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ֆիլ • (fil) (dialectal)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: փիղ (pʿiġ)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 64:[1]
      ֆիլ․ էլէֆանթէ
      fil; ēlēfantʿē
      ֆիլ (fil) = elefante

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 248

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902) “ֆիլ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 375
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ֆիլ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 831a
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