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սերկեւիլ

սերկեւիլ

Armenian

Noun

սերկեւիլ (serkewil)

  1. quince (fruit)

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սերկիւիլ (serkiwil)
  • սրկեւիլ (srkewil)
  • սորովիլ (sorovil) (dialectal)

Etymology

Related to Akkadian [script needed] (supurgillu, quince), Arabic سفرجل (safarjal, quince). All possibly borrowed from Hurrian or another Caucasian language.

Noun

սերկեւիլ (serkewil)

  1. quince

Declension

Derived terms

  • սերկեւլի (serkewli)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սերկեւիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սերկեւիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սերկեւիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985), “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, issue 4, pages 597–603