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Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian քահալ (kʻahal), գահալ (gahal), ultimately from Arabic كَهْل (kahl).
Adjective
քահալ • (kʻahal) (obsolete)
- sluggish, lazy
- Synonym: ծույլ (cuyl)
1636,
Simēon Lehacʻi,
Ułegrutʻiwn :
- Եւ յորժամ ճանապարհ ելաք, այն արագ իշվան հազիւ շարժէին, քահալ եւ ծոյլ եղեն
- Ew yoržam čanaparh elakʻ, ayn arag išvan haziw šaržēin, kʻahal ew coyl eġen
- Translation by George A. Bournoutian
- When we started our journey, the swift donkeys moved with difficulty and appeared to be old and lazy.
ca. 1680–1684,
Baṙ girg taliani page 13:
- գահալ․ փօլթռօնէ
- gahal; pʻōltʻṙōnē
- գահալ (gahal) = poltrone
Alternative forms
References
- ^ Akinean, H. N., editor (1936), Simēon dpri Lehacʻwoy uġegrutʻiwn, taregrutʻiwn ew yišatakarankʻ (Azgayin matenadaran; 141), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 227
- ^ Bournoutian, George A. (2007) The Travel Accounts of Simēon of Poland (Armenian Studies Series; 10), Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, pages 201–202
- ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 219
Further reading
- Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “գահալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press