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Old Armenian
Etymology
From փայլ (pʻayl, “shine, glitter”) + ակն (akn, “eye”). Compare Ancient Greek ἀστερ-οπή (aster-opḗ, “lightning”) for a similar formation.
Noun
փայլակն • (pʻaylakn)
- lightning, flash of lightning
- սրավար, արագաթռիչ, իբրեւ զփայլակն ― sravar, aragatʻṙičʻ, ibrew zpʻaylakn ― quick, swift as lightning
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փայլակն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press