սաքուլայ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• սարքուլայ (sarkʻulay)

Etymology

The better spelling is սարքուլայ (sarkʻulay), from Persian سرکلاه (sar-kolâh), from سر (sar, “head”) and کلاه (kolâh, “hat”).

Noun

սաքուլայ • (sakʻulay)

1. a kind of large headwear worn by an աբեղա (abeġa) under a վեղար (veġar)

Descendants

• Armenian: սարքուլա (sarkʻula, “a kind of pointy hat worn by Kurds”) (Mush)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սաքուլայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սաքուլայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 276, 377
• Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1967, page 133
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “սաքուլայ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սաքուլայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy