հաւփալ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հօփալ (hōpʻal), հաւբալ (hawbal), հօբալ (hōbal), հոբալ (hobal), հովփալ (hovpʻal)

Etymology

From հաւ (haw, bird) +‎ *փալ (*pʻal). The origin and meaning of *փալ (*pʻal) are unknown.

Noun

հաւփալ • (hawpʻal)

  1. wood pigeon

Declension

i-a-type
singular plural
nominative հաւփալ (hawpʻal) հաւփալք (hawpʻalkʻ)
genitive հաւփալի (hawpʻali) հաւփալաց (hawpʻalacʻ)
dative հաւփալի (hawpʻali) հաւփալաց (hawpʻalacʻ)
accusative հաւփալ (hawpʻal) հաւփալս (hawpʻals)
ablative հաւփալէ (hawpʻalē) հաւփալաց (hawpʻalacʻ)
instrumental հաւփալաւ (hawpʻalaw) հաւփալաւք = հաւփալօք (hawpʻalawkʻ = hawpʻalōkʻ)
locative հաւփալի (hawpʻali) հաւփալս (hawpʻals)

Descendants

  • Armenian: հավփալ (havpʻal) (learned), > (Svedia) հուպպուլ (huppul) (inherited)
  • Northern Kurdish: xupal
  • Turkish: hopal, hapal, hopa, hopan, hapal

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 66
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հաւփալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 72b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “հաւփալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 79a
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 424, page 90