ռամալ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian ռամալ (ṙamal), ըռամալ (əṙamal), from Persian رمال (rammâl, “geomancer, soothsayer, prophet, conjurer, fortune-teller”), from Arabic رَمَّال (rammāl, “geomancer”), from رَمْل (raml, “sand”).
Noun
ռամալ • (ṙamal) (obsolete)
- soothsayer
- ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 53:[1]
- ռամալ․ ասթռօլիկօ
- ṙamal; astʿṙōlikō
- ռամալ (ṙamal) = astrologo
- ռամալ․ ասթռօլիկօ
Related terms
- ռամ (ṙam)
References
- Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 241