Armenian

Noun

կող • ‎(koł)

1. rib
2. side, flank

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gol- and cognate with Tocharian A kälyme, Tocharian B kälymiye ‎(“direction”). Alternatively, of the same origin as կողր ‎(kołr).

Noun

կող • ‎(koł)

1. rib

   ի կող լինել‎ ― i koł linel ― to stretch or lay oneself down, to lie down, to go to bed

2. side (of a mountain, etc.)

   ընդ կողաց‎ ― ənd kołacʿ ― aside, awry, sidelong

   զառ ի կող, առ ի կող‎ ― zaṙ i koł, aṙ i koł ― inclining, that bends, that goes stooping

   կողք գրեանց‎ ― kołkʿ greancʿ ― cover or binding of a book

   անդէն ի կողի‎ ― andēn i kołi ― directly, at once, forthwith

3. (figuratively) spouse

Declension

Usage notes

In some compounds the word has the combining form կողին- ‎(kołin-), which is the genitive of *կողն ‎(*kołn), an alternative form of կող ‎(koł).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: կող ‎(koł), կողք ‎(kołkʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կող”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կող”, 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 368