ջվալ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ջուալ (ǰual), ջվալ (ǰval), from Persian جوال (juvâl, sack, bag). The forms with չ- (čʿ-) are via Turkic.

Pronunciation

Noun

ջվալ • (ǰval)

  1. gunny sack (any big sack or bag made from burlap or hemp)
  2. (measure) one sack full, the amount of one sack

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), ճուվալ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb 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 223
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