փիղ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian փիղ (pʻił). Doublet of ֆիլ (fil).

Pronunciation

Noun

փիղ • (pʻiġ)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: (dialectal) ֆիլ (fil)
  2. (chess) bishop

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Armenian · շախմատի խաղաքար (šaxmati xaġakʻar) (layout · text)
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արքա (arkʻa) թագուհի (tʻaguhi) նավակ (navak) փիղ (pʻiġ) ձի (ji) զինվոր (zinvor)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փեղ (pʻeł), փիւղ (pʻiwł), փիլ (pʻil)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (pyl /⁠pīl⁠/). See Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru) for more.

Noun

փիղ • (pʻił)

  1. elephant

Declension

Derived terms

  • զուարակափիղ (zuarakapʻił)
  • ցլափիղ (cʻlapʻił)
  • փղակոյտ (pʻłakoyt)
  • փղապան (pʻłapan)
  • փղապետ (pʻłapet)
  • փղաքաղ (pʻłakʻał)
  • փղոսկր (pʻłoskr)
  • փղոսկրայ (pʻłoskray)
  • փղոսկրեայ (pʻłoskreay)
  • փղորդի (pʻłordi)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փիղ (pʻiġ) (learned)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փիղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փիղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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