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գեղձ

գեղձ

Armenian

Noun

գեղձ (gełj)

  1. convolvulus
    գեղձ բարձրաձիգgełj barjrajig ― Smilax excelsa L.
  2. Alternative form of գեղձի (gełji)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian գեղձ (gełj); see it for more.

Noun

գեղձ (gełj)

  1. gland
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Armenian *gel- (to twist; to squeeze), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to twist, wind, turn), whence գելում (gelum, to twist), grown with -j. Compare Latin con-volvulus. See also գաղձն (gałjn).

Noun

գեղձ (gełj)

  1. bindweed, convolvulus
  2. yew-tree
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰelǵʰa. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *želza (Russian железа (železa)) and Lithuanian gẽležuonys (submaxillary gland).

Noun

գեղձ (gełj)

  1. (anatomy) gland
Usage notes

Attested only in the plural—գեղձք (gełjkʿ).

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գեղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գեղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գեղձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 203