բաւիղ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բաւիլ (bawil), բաւեղ (baweł)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
J̌ahukyan derives բաւեղ (baweł) and բաւիղ (bawił) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰəw-elā and *bʰəw-ilā respectively, from *bʰewH- (“to be”), with Ancient Greek φωλεός (phōleós), φωλεά (phōleá, “den, lair”) as the closest cognates. Martirosyan formally amends J̌ahukyan's reconstruction to a more preferable *bʰow(H)-l-eh₂-, but overall is skeptical about it.
Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean proposed connection with the name of the city Babylon (ultimately from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim)); dismissed by Ačaṙean and J̌ahukyan but considered attractive by Martirosyan. Compare especially Classical Syriac ܒܒܠ (bāḇel).
Noun
բաւիղ • (bawił)
- labyrinth
- dark, covered place
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բաւիղ (bawił) | բաւիղք (bawiłkʿ) | |
| genitive | բաւղի (bawłi) | բաւղաց (bawłacʿ) | |
| dative | բաւղի (bawłi) | բաւղաց (bawłacʿ) | |
| accusative | բաւիղ (bawił) | բաւիղս (bawiłs) | |
| ablative | բաւղէ (bawłē) | բաւղաց (bawłacʿ) | |
| instrumental | բաւղաւ (bawław) | բաւղաւք = բաւղօք (bawławkʿ = bawłōkʿ) | |
| locative | բաւղի (bawłi) | բաւիղս (bawiłs) |
Derived terms
- բաւղակ (bawłak)
- բաւղակաձեւ (bawłakajew)
Descendants
- → Armenian: բավիղ (bavił) (learned)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բաւիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բաւիղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բաւիղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “bawił”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 174
- Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894), “բաւիղ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʿ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Tparan G. Paɫtatlean, pages 22–23
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 36–37