գեղձ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡeʁd͡z/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /keχt͡s/,

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գեղձ (gełj)

գեղձ • (geġj)

1. convolvulus

   գեղձ բարձրաձիգ ― geġj barjrajig ― Smilax excelsa L.

2. Alternative form of գեղձի (geġji)

• գեղձի (geġji)

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գեղձք (gełjkʻ)

գեղձ • (geġj)

1. gland

From Proto-Armenian *gel- (“to twist; to squeeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to twist, wind, turn”), whence գելում (gelum, “to twist”), grown with -ձ (-j).^[1][2][3] Compare Latin con-volvulus. See also գաղձն (gałjn).

գեղձ • (gełj)

1. bindweed, convolvulus
2. yew-tree

• Armenian: գեղձ (geġj)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գեղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

From Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”), grown with -ձ (-j).^[1][2]

գեղձ • (gełj)

1. strong or intense desire, eagerness, wish, longing

• իղձ (iłj)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գեղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 539b
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գեղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 115b