գեղ

Armenian

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գեղ (geł)

Pronunciation

Noun

գեղ (geł)

  1. (archaic) beauty
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

գեղ (geł)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of գյուղ (gyuł)
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The basic meaning is “appearance, shape; seeing”, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to see). Cognates include Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, Latin vultus and Breton gweled (sight).[1][2][3]

Noun

գեղ (geł)

  1. beauty
  2. (beautiful) appearance, look
Declension
Derived terms

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 203

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

Noun

գեղ (geł)

  1. Alternative form of գիւղ (giwł)
Declension
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