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