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Old Armenian
Etymology
Martirosyan derives from կոստղ (kostł, “twigs on which bird-lime is smeared to entangle birds”) + -ի (-i, “tree-suffix”). Bird-lime is a sticky substance prepared from holly-bark or mistletoe berries.
Noun
կոստղի • (kostłi)
- aquifolium (holly), ilex (holm-oak)
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 371
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոստղի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press