ճաղ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ճաղ (čaġ), from Georgian ჭალი (č̣ali, spoke of a cart, waggon), shortened from რჭალი (rč̣ali), ჭრჭელი (č̣rč̣eli).

Pronunciation

Noun

ճաղ (čaġ)

  1. knitting needle
    Synonym: շյուղ (šyuġ)
  2. rod, bar (of a fence, gate, window, etc.)
    ճաղերի ետևումčaġeri etewumbehind the bars (in the jail)
  3. baluster
  4. each of the teeth of a comb, hackle
  5. spoke of a wheel
  6. each of the ribs of an umbrella
  7. each of thin rods in the headboard of a bed
  8. thin metal rod having various uses

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ճաղ (čaġ) ճաղեր (čaġer)
dative ճաղի (čaġi) ճաղերի (čaġeri)
ablative ճաղից (čaġicʻ) ճաղերից (čaġericʻ)
instrumental ճաղով (čaġov) ճաղերով (čaġerov)
locative ճաղում (čaġum) ճաղերում (čaġerum)
definite forms
nominative ճաղը/ճաղն (čaġə/čaġn) ճաղերը/ճաղերն (čaġerə/čaġern)
dative ճաղին (čaġin) ճաղերին (čaġerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ճաղս (čaġs) ճաղերս (čaġers)
dative ճաղիս (čaġis) ճաղերիս (čaġeris)
ablative ճաղիցս (čaġicʻs) ճաղերիցս (čaġericʻs)
instrumental ճաղովս (čaġovs) ճաղերովս (čaġerovs)
locative ճաղումս (čaġums) ճաղերումս (čaġerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ճաղդ (čaġd) ճաղերդ (čaġerd)
dative ճաղիդ (čaġid) ճաղերիդ (čaġerid)
ablative ճաղիցդ (čaġicʻd) ճաղերիցդ (čaġericʻd)
instrumental ճաղովդ (čaġovd) ճաղերովդ (čaġerovd)
locative ճաղումդ (čaġumd) ճաղերումդ (čaġerumd)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: cax
  • Turkish: cağ

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 86