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անգղ

անգղ

Armenian

Noun

անգղ (angł)

  1. vulture

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • անկղ (ankł)
  • անծեղք pl (ancełkʿ) (misspelling of անգեղք (angełkʿ))

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-u-l-, from *h₂enk- (to bend), referring to the bird's curved beak.

Noun

անգղ (angł)

  1. vulture
  2. handle of a pot or basket

Declension

Usage notes

The nominative singular form անգեղ (angeł) given for the sense “handle” by some dictionaries was mistakenly back-formed by the dictionaries from the nominative plural անգեղք (angełkʿ).

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), անգղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անգղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “angɫ₁”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 70