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Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian ջուալ (ǰual), ջվալ (ǰval), from Persian جوال (juvâl, “sack, bag”). The forms with չ- (čʻ-) are via Turkic.
Pronunciation
Noun
ջվալ • (ǰval)
- gunny sack (any big sack or bag made from burlap or hemp)
- (measure) one sack full, the amount of one sack
Declension
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ճուվալ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 223