# խուլ
## Armenian
### Etymology 1

From Old Armenian խուլ (xul).

#### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /χul/, [χul]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /χul/, [χul]

#### Adjective

խուլ • (xul) (superlative ամենախուլ)
* deaf
* (phonetics, phonology) voiceless
    Antonym: ձայնեղ (jayneġ)
* (figuratively) remote; obscure

##### Declension
#### Noun

խուլ • (xul)
* deaf person

##### Declension
#### Adverb

խուլ • (xul)
* deafly, muffled
* tightly

### Etymology 2

From Middle Armenian խուլ (xul).

#### Alternative forms

* խույլ (xuyl)

#### Noun

խուլ • (xul)
* swelling, tumor
* gland

##### Declension
## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

* խոյլ (xoyl)

### Etymology

From Old Armenian խոյլ (xoyl).

### Noun

խուլ • (xul)
* swelling, tumour, gland

#### Derived terms

* խոյլիկ (xoylik)
* խուլիկ (xulik)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: խուլ (xul)

### Further reading

* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “խուլ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 332a

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Uncertain. Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open.
According to Meillet, cognate with Ancient Greek κυλλός (kullós, “deformed, crippled, crooked”). This is accepted with reservation by J̌ahukyan, who derives both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend, crook”), positing pre-Armenian *kʰōl-.

### Adjective

խուլ • (xul)
* deaf
    խուլ առնել ― xul aṙnel ― to deafen, to stun
    խուլ առնել զունկն, խուլ լինել ― xul aṙnel zunkn, xul linel ― to turn or give a deaf ear to
* dumb, mute, unable to speak

#### Derived terms

* անխլաբար (anxlabar)
* անխլանամ (anxlanam)
* անխուլ (anxul)
* զանխլաբար (zanxlabar)
* զանխլանամ (zanxlanam)
* զանխլանիմ (zanxlanim)
* զանխլանք (zanxlankʻ)
* զանխլացուցանեմ (zanxlacʻucʻanem)
* զանխլիմ (zanxlim)
* զանխլութիւն (zanxlutʻiwn)
* զանխուլ (zanxul)
* խլագոյն (xlagoyn)
* խլանամ (xlanam)
* խլացուցանեմ (xlacʻucʻanem)
* խլխլեմ (xlxlem)
* խլութիւն (xlutʻiwn)
* խուլակույր (xulakuyr)
* խուլութիւն (xulutʻiwn)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: խուլ (xul)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խուլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 415ab
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խուլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խուլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 148, 192
* Meillet, Antoine (1935) “Les sourdes aspirées en arménien”, in Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 36, page 115
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 98