têl

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل (tel).

Noun[edit]

têl f

  1. wire

References[edit]

  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English teals.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

têl f (collective, singulative telsen)

  1. Eurasian teal, teal (Anas crecca)[2]
    Synonyms: corhwyad, corhwyaden

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
têl dêl nhêl thêl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “telsen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 38