կոստղ

From Old Armenian կոստղ (kostł).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ˈkostəʁ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡosdəʁ/,
• Hyphenation: կոս‧տըղ

կոստղ • (kostġ)

1. stump (of a branch or tree)
2. branch collar (of a tree)
3. knot, wood knot

• կոստղաշատ (kostġašat)
• կոստղավոր (kostġavor)
• կոստղոտ (kostġot)

• “կոստղ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

• կոստխ (kostx)

Of the same origin as Old Armenian կոստղ (kostł).

1=kostł

կոստղ • (kostġ)

1. cover of a book

• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կոստղ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 382b
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 371

The origin is uncertain. Usually connected with ոստ (ost). For the initial կ- (k-) compare Russian косты́ль (kostýlʹ), Slovene kostílja (“Celtis australis; whip-handle made of this tree”). Perhaps of substrate origin. See also Middle Armenian կոստղ (kostġ).

կոստղ • (kostł)

1. twigs on which bird-lime is smeared to entangle birds

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոստղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 371