գայլիկոն

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գայլիկոն (gaylikon).

Pronunciation

Noun

գայլիկոն (gaylikon)

  1. drill bit

Usage notes

In colloquial speech Russian сверло́ (sverló) is used instead.

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • շաղափ (šałapʿ)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Hacʿagorcyan, Z. A.; Darbinyan, A. H.; Hovumyan, N. G.; Srvanjtyan, G. H. (1988), գայլիկոն”, in Arešyan G. L. et al., editors, Ṙus-hayeren politexnikakan baṙaran. Hay-ṙuseren politexnikakan baṙaran [Russian–Armenian Polytechnic Dictionary. Armenian—Russian Polytechnic Dictionary], Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʿyun, page 554c

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գայլիկոն (gaylikon).

Noun

գայլիկոն (gaylikon)

  1. a certain tool for making holes, trepan, auger, borer, gimlet
    • 13th century, Girkʿ Vastakocʿ [Geoponica]
      [] եւ հաստ գայլիկոնով խաչք անցո եւ ծակեա []
      [] ew hast gaylikonov xačʿkʿ ancʿo ew cakea []
    • 13th century, Girkʿ Vastakocʿ [Geoponica]
      [] զբնահաստ տակն ծակեա գայլիկոնով []
      [] zbnahast takn cakea gaylikonov []
    • 13th century, Girkʿ Vastakocʿ [Geoponica]
      [] եւ գայլիկոնով կամ դրով ծակեա []
      [] ew gaylikonov kam drov cakea []
    • 13th century, Girkʿ Vastakocʿ [Geoponica]
      [] ակնբցեա զտունկն, եւ գայլիկոնով ծակեա խաչք []
      [] aknbcʿea ztunkn, ew gaylikonov cakea xačʿkʿ []

Further reading


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գելիկան (gelikan)
  • գելիկոն (gelikon)

Etymology

The origin is unknown.[1] Has an appearance of a Greek word, but no similar Ancient Greek word is known.[2] Related to Cappadocian Greek καλακόνι (kalakóni, borer)[3], which Ačaṙean treats as an Armenian borrowing[1].

Noun

գայլիկոն (gaylikon)

  1. a certain tool for making holes, trepan, auger, borer, gimlet
    • 5th century, Ephrem the Syrian, Vkaykʿ arewelicʿ
      Զոմանս՝ գայլիկոնօք ծակէին զպճղունս նոցա եւ սպանանէին []
      Zomans, gaylikonōkʿ cakēin zpčłuns nocʿa ew spananēin []
    Synonyms: դուր (dur), շաղափ (šałapʿ), գչիր (gčʿir)

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), գայլիկոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 513
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), գայլիկոն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 148b
  3. Bugge, Sophus (1893), “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 32, page 10

Further reading

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