կաղջին

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian կաղջին (kałǰin).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [kɑʁˈd͡ʒin]
  • Hyphenation: կաղ‧ջին

Noun

կաղջին (kałǰin)

  1. kind of clayey soil

Declension


Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥yeh₂- (sticky stuff, clay) + -ին (-in).

Noun

կաղջին (kałǰin)

  1. mortar, a kind of clayey soil

Descendants

  • Armenian: կաղջին (kałǰin)
    • Northern Kurdish: kaxçîn / к’аг’чин (k’aẍçîn)

References

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), կաղճին”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 355b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կաղջին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կաղջին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 350
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