թաւալ

The origin is unknown.^[1]

Often connected with Old Armenian տապալեմ (tapalem), which has certainly influenced Middle Armenian թապալ (tʻapal), and with Romanian tăvăli (“to roll”). Has also been compared to Central Kurdish تاوێر (tawêr, “boulder”);^[2] for the sense development compare Central Kurdish تاوێرکِردِنەوە (tawêrkirdinewe, “to roll”)^[3] and Old Armenian գիլ (gil).

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tap- (“to press down, press together”), and cognate with Ancient Greek ταπεινός (tapeinós, “low”), Old Norse þefja (“to stir, thicken”), þófi (“felt”).^[4][5]

թաւալ • (tʻawal)

1. roll, act or state of rolling

   թավալ տալ ― tʻaval tal ― on a precipice, steep

   թաւալ առնուլ ― tʻawal aṙnul ― to roll, to revolve, to turn round

   թաւալ բանից ― tʻawal banicʻ ― a winding discourse

   թաւալ տալ արեան ― tʻawal tal arean ― to cause one to roll in his own blood

թաւալ • (tʻawal)

1. rolling, tumbling down

   թաւալ անկեալ գլոր խաղալ ― tʻawal ankeal glor xałal ― to tumble down, to roll down, to prostrate one's self

• Middle Armenian: թապալ (tʻapal)
• Armenian: թավալ (tʻaval), թոլ (tʻol)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թաւալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թաւալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy