Armenian

Noun

ալի • ‎(ali)

1. Alternative form of ալիք ‎(alikʿ)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pelH- ‎(“pale, grey”). Martirosyan tentatively reconstructs the derivation as ալի ‎(ali) ← Proto-Armenian *aliya- ← *(p)olíya- ← Proto-Indo-European *polieh₂-.

Noun

ալի • ‎(ali)

1. (usually in the plural) wave, billow, surge, swell of the sea

   ալիս յարուցանել‎ ― alis yarucʿanel ― to agitate the waves

   հերձանել, պատառել զալիս‎ ― herjanel, pataṙel zalis ― to cleave the waves

2. (usually in the plural) gray hair; old age

   ծաղկիլ ալեաց, խոնարհիլ յալիս‎ ― całkil aleacʿ, xonarhil yalis ― to grow gray-haired, to get old

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ալիք ‎(alikʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ալիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ալիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ալի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ali-kʿ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 14

Etymology 2

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open.

According to J̌ahukyan perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *əliyo-, from the root *Heh₃l- ‎(“to bend”), among the cognates note especially Welsh olwyn ‎(“wheel”).

Noun

ալի • ‎(ali)

1. an object turning around itself, perhaps an axle or millstone or pulley

Usage notes

• The meaning is uncertain from the only attested passage.
• The nominative *ալ ‎(*al) reconstructed by Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui is probably wrong.

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ալի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ալի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 93a
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), “⁸el-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 307 of 307, 308
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 4, pages 86–87