Armenian

Alternative forms

• կաղճին ‎(kałčin)

Noun

կաղջին • ‎(kałǰin)

1. kind of clayey soil

Declension

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• կաղճին ‎(kałčin), կաղչին ‎(kałčʿin)

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glyeh₂- ‎(“sticky stuff, clay”) +‎ -ին ‎(-in).

Noun

կաղջին • ‎(kałǰin)

1. mortar, a kind of clayey soil

Descendants

• Armenian: կաղջին ‎(kałǰin)
  • Northern Kurdish: kaxçîn / к’аг’чин ‎(k’ax’çîn)

References

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “կաղճին”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 355b
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կաղջին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կաղջին”, 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 350