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արագիլ

արագիլ

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

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