կալան

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From կալնել (kalnel) +‎ -ան (-an). See also Northern Kurdish kalan.

Noun

կալան (kalan)

  1. (dialectal, Aparan, Erciş, Mush, Çatak, Sasun) sheath, scabbard
    Synonym: պատյան (patyan)
Declension

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կալան”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 537a
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կալ”, 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 485a
  3. ^ Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), “կալան”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 13a

Etymology 2

The Proto-Turkic word for the bride price *kalïŋ, Tuvan калым (kalım), Southern Altai калым (kalïm), Yakut халыым (qalıım), Chuvash калым, холым (kalym, holym), Tatar калым (qalım), Chagatai قالن / قالین (калын, kalın), Turkish kalın, and many more, passed also into Russian калы́м (kalým), Northern Kurdish qelen.

Noun

կալան (kalan)

  1. (dialectal, Van) bride price
    Synonyms: պաշլըխ (pašləx), բաշլըղ (bašləġ), ղալիմ (ġalim)
Declension

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կալան”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 536–537
  2. ^ Tʻuršyan, Harutʻyun (2018) “կալան”, in Haykanuš Mesropyan, editor, Baṙaran Vani barbaṙi [Dictionary of Van Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 101b

Etymology 3

From Russian кала́н (kalán).

Noun

կալան (kalan)

  1. sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
    Synonyms: Կամչատկայի կուղբ (Kamčʻatkayi kuġb), ծովային կուղբ (covayin kuġb)
Declension

References

  1. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1998) “կալան”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ A. Katʻnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 326, page 33