պեղեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (to dig, cut off?) and cognate with Sanskrit बिल (bila, hole, pit) and Irish bealach (way, pass).[1][2][3][4] Others connect this verb to Urartian 𒉿𒇷 (pi-li /⁠pili⁠/, canal).;[5][6][7][8][9] rejected by Diakonoff on phonological grounds.[8]

Verb

պեղեմ • (pełem)  (aorist indicative պեղեցի)

  1. to dig, to hollow, to excavate, to delve; to sap, to mine, to sink
    պեղել գուբս, հորսpełel gubs, horsto open a trench, to sink a well
    զարտասուաց աղբիւրս պեղելzartasuacʻ ałbiwrs pełelto shed tears
  2. to engrave

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • պեղումն (pełumn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պեղել (peġel)

References

  1. Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, pages 264–265
  2. Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 29
  3. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պեղել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 72ab
  4. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
  5. Karst, Josef (1911) “Zur ethnischen Stellung der Armenier”, in Nersēs Akinean, editor, Huschardzan: Festschrift aus Anlass des 100-jahrigen Bestandes der Mechitaristen-Kongregation in Wien (1811–1911), und des 25. Jahrganges der philosophischen Monatsschrift Handes amsorya (1887–1911) (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 422
  6. Bănățeanu, Vlad (1962) “Problema lexicului urartic din limba armeană [The problem of Urartian lexicon in the Armenian language]”, in Studii și cercetări lingvistice (in Romanian), volume 13, number 1, page 264 of 257–279
  7. Džaukjan, G. B. (1963) Урартский и индоевропейские языки [The Urartian and the Indo-European languages] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 101
  8. Greppin, John A. C. (1991) “Some effects of the Hurro-Urartian people and their languages upon the earliest Armenians”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 111, number 4, with additional notes by I. M. Diakonoff, pages 726b, 728b
  9. Fournet, Arnaud (2013) “About the Vocalic System of Armenian Words of Substratic Origin”, in Archív Orientalni, volume 81, number 2, page 10 of 207–222

Further reading

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պեղել”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 634b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պեղեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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