Definify.com

Definition 2024


երեւիլ

երեւիլ

Armenian

Noun

երեւիլ (erewil)

  1. wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
  2. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)

Declension

References

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), երեւիլ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 582b
  • երեւիլ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969, page 577b

Old Armenian

Etymology

Attested in the 5th century. Of uncertain derivation. Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open.

According to J̌ahukyan, perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *erebʰ- (dark reddish, brownish) + -իլ (-il). See Pokorny for this root (without the Armenian), which is found in many animal and plant names because of their color, such as German Erpel, Old Irish ibar (yew), Czech jeřáb, etc.

Noun

երեւիլ (erewil)

  1. wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
  2. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)

Descendants

References