գեղ

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գեղ (geł)

Noun

գեղ (geġ)

  1. (archaic) beauty
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

գեղ (geġ)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of գյուղ (gyuġ)
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The basic meaning is “appearance, shape; seeing”, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to see).

Noun

գեղ (geł)

  1. beauty
  2. (beautiful) appearance, look
Declension
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 203

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

Noun

գեղ (geł)

  1. Alternative form of գիւղ (giwł)
Declension