տոլի
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- տոյլի (toyli), տելի (teli) – in the sense ‘vine’ only
- տավալի (tavali) – in the sense ‘varix’ only
Etymology
From Arabic دَوَالِي (dawālī), plural construct state of دَالِيَة (dāliya, “vine; varix”) or from its Classical Syriac cognate ܕܠܝ (dālī, “vine; varicose vein”). Compare also Old Armenian դոյլ (doyl, “pail, bucket”), which ultimately may be from the same Semitic root.
Has also been compared to Udi тӏул (ṭul, “grape”), Urartian [script needed] (uldi), [script needed] (uduli, “vineyard”), Akkadian 𒄑𒆜𒆳 (/tillatu/, “vine”).
Noun
տոլի • (toli)
- vine
- (medicine) varix; varicosis
Descendants
- Armenian: դիլլա (dilla), դիլի (dili), տո̈ւլլա̈ (tüllä)
- → Kurdish: (supposedly from a by-form *տըլի (*təli))
- Northern Kurdish: tirî (“grapes”)
- Central Kurdish: تِرێ (tirê)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “տոլի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 416ab
- Asatrian, Garnik (2009), “Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 13, issue 1, Leiden: Brill, DOI:, ISSN 1609-8498, page 39
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “տոյլի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 889b
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “տոլի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 731b
- Łapʿancʿyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 137
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “տոլի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 764a
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “տավալի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 751a
- “dly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–