Armenian

Noun

արագիլ • ‎(aragil)

1. stork

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Has been linked to Ancient Greek πελαργός ‎(pelargós) by de Lagarde. Ačaṙyan accepts the connection, positing an earlier *περαγλός ‎(*peraglós) or *παραγλός ‎(*paraglós) for Ancient Greek, and deriving the words from a substrate source in Asia Minor.

Another proposal supported by Łapʿancʿyan derives արագիլ ‎(aragil) from Sumerian [script needed] ‎(arikgilim, “a kind of long-legged bird”).

J̌ahukyan is sceptical about both proposals.

Noun

արագիլ • ‎(aragil)

1. white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
2. grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: արագիլ ‎(aragil)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արագիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 69b
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “արագիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 337c
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “արագիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 292–293
• Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “արագիլ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 200a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “արագիլ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 83b
• de Lagarde, Paul (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 225, page 19
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 311