ռամալ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ռամալ (ṙamal), ըռամալ (əṙamal), from Persian رمال (rammâl, “geomancer, soothsayer, prophet, conjurer, fortune-teller”), from Arabic رَمَّال (rammāl, “geomancer”), from رَمْل (raml, “sand”).

Noun

ռամալ • (ṙamal) (obsolete)

  1. soothsayer
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 53:[1]
      ռամալ․ ասթռօլիկօ
      ṙamal; astʻṙōlikō
      ռամալ (ṙamal) = astrologo

References
  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 241
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