ازگیل

See also: ازكیل

Persian

Alternative forms

  • اژگیل (ažgil)

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Possibly connected with Georgian ასკილი (asḳili, dog rose) and Middle Armenian զկեռ (zkeṙ, medlar).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? azɡīl
Dari reading? azɡīl
Iranian reading? azɡil
Tajik reading? azɡil

Noun

ازگیل • (azgil)

  1. medlar

Descendants

Further reading

  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, 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) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 20–21
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21)‎[1] (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 260
  • Pallas, Peter Simon (1784) “Mespilus germanica”, in Flora Rossica (in Latin), volume I, part I, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 29, recorded as asgyll