երևիլ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /jeɾeˈvil/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /jeɾeˈvil/,
• Hyphenation: ե‧րե‧վիլ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian երևիլ (erewil).

երևիլ • (erewil)

1. wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
2. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)

երևիլ • (erewil)

1. Western Armenian form of երևալ (erewal)

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “երևիլ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 582b
• “երևիլ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969, page 577b

Attested in the 5th century. Of uncertain derivation. Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open.

According to J̌ahukyan, perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *erebʰ- (“dark reddish, brownish”) +‎ -իլ (-il). See Pokorny for this root (without the Armenian), which is found in many animal and plant names because of their color, such as German Erpel, Old Irish ibar (“yew”), Czech jeřáb, etc.

երևիլ • (erewil)

1. wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
2. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)

   Synonym: ժանգ (žang)

• Armenian: երևիլ (erewil)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երևիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “երևիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 678c
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “երևիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 49b
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “երևիլ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 406a
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “երևիլ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 582b
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “334”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 334
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “երևիլ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 224a