փարգալ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian փարկալ (pʻarkal), from Persian پرگال (pargâl), پرگار (pargâr). In some dialects, from Ottoman Turkish پرگال (pergel).

Pronunciation

Noun

փարգալ • (pʻargal) (dialectal)

  1. pair of compasses
    Synonym: կարկին (karkin)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 60:[1]
      փարկալ․ քօմփասսօ
      pʻarkal; kʻōmpʻassō
      փարկալ (pʻarkal) = compasso

Declension

Alternative forms

  • փարկալ (pʻarkal), փերկել (pʻerkel), փրգյա̈լ (pʻrgyäl), փա̈րգյա̈ր (pʻärgyär), փէրկէլ (pʻērkēl)

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 246

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “փէրկէլ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փարկալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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