խռնջայլ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- խռնչող (xṙnčʿoł)
Etymology
Related to խղունջն (xłunǰn), Georgian ღვინჭილა (ɣvinč̣ila), ღუ̂რინჭილა (ɣûrinč̣ila, “a kind of snail”), all of unknown ultimate origin.
Noun
խռնջայլ • (xṙnǰayl)
- snail
- 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen]
Usage notes
Attested only in Galen, translating Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías).
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “խղունջն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 376b
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “խռնջայլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 986a
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “խռնջայլ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 394b
- Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “խռնջայլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 297b
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