գեղձ

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See also: գեղձք

Armenian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գեղձ (gełj)

Noun[edit]

գեղձ (geġj)

  1. convolvulus
    գեղձ բարձրաձիգgeġj barjrajigSmilax excelsa L.
  2. Alternative form of գեղձի (geġji)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գեղձք (gełjkʻ)

Noun[edit]

գեղձ (geġj)

  1. gland
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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Armenian *gel- (to twist; to squeeze), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to twist, wind, turn), whence գելում (gelum, to twist), grown with (-j).[1][2][3] Compare Latin con-volvulus. See also գաղձն (gałjn).

Noun[edit]

գեղձ (gełj)

  1. bindweed, convolvulus
  2. yew-tree
Descendants[edit]
  • Armenian: գեղձ (geġj)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գեղձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 203

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գեղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (to choose; to want), grown with (-j).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

գեղձ (gełj)

  1. strong or intense desire, eagerness, wish, longing
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գեղձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 535ab
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 44–45

Further reading[edit]

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գեղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 539b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 115b