փիլթա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from a family of words, represented by Arabic فَتِيل (fatīl), Aramaic פְּתִילָא (ptīlā), Turkish fitil.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ

Noun

փիլթա (pʿiltʿa)

  1. dossil, tent (a roll of lint used in the past to treat wounds)

Declension

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), փիլթայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), փիլթայ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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