ֆիլ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ֆիլ (fil), ultimately from Arabic فِيل (fīl). Doublet of փիղ (pʻiġ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /fil/, [fil]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /fil/, [fil]

Noun

ֆիլ • (fil) (dialectal)

1. elephant

   Synonym: փիղ (pʻiġ)

   • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 64:^[1]

     ֆիլ․ էլէֆանթէ

     fil; ēlēfantʻē

     ֆիլ (fil) = elefante

References

1. 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 248

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ֆիլ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 375
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ֆիլ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 831a