ամոլ

From Old Armenian ամոլ (amol).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈmol/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈmol/,

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ամոլ • (amol)

1. first yoke (the first pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke)
2. each animal in the yoke
3. (figuratively) couple, pair

• → Turkish: hamol

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամոլ”, 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 160a

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open.

According to Ałayan, from ամ- (am-, “at, with, together”) +‎ *ոլ (*ol, “shoulder, forearm”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-, so literally meaning “shoulder-mate, side partner”.

ամոլ • (amol)

1. (usually in the plural) yoke (pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke)
2. (by extension, usually in the plural) pair, couple
3. (grammar, usually in the plural) letters of similar sounds

• Armenian: ամոլ (amol), ամոլ (amol) — Mush, Salmas, Van, յ̵ամոլ (hªamol) — Alashkert, համօլ (hamōl) — Erzurum, ամուլ (amul) — Moks, Vozm, ա՛մբօլ (ámbōl) — Ganja, Ararat, ա՛մբուլ (ámbul) — Karabakh
  • → Turkish: hamol

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամոլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամոլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամոլ”, 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 160a
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 19