# կղզի
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* կզղի (kzġi) — dialectal

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian կղզի (kłzi).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /kəʁˈzi/, [kəʁzí]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɡəʁˈzi/, [ɡəʁzí]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

կղզի • (kġzi)
* island, isle

#### Derived terms

* թերակղզի (tʻerakġzi)
* կղզիաբնակ (kġziabnak)
* կղզիախումբ (kġziaxumb)

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is uncertain.
Possibly related to Old Georgian კუნძული (ḳunʒuli) and together with it borrowed from a third source, perhaps Semitic: compare Arabic جزيرة (jazīra, “island”), Classical Syriac ܓܙܪܬܐ (gāzartāʾ, “island”).

### Noun

կղզի • (kłzi)
* isle, island
** 5th century, Bible, Revelation 1.9:Ես Յովհաննէս եղբայր ձեր եւ հաւասարակից նեղութեան եւ արքայութեան եւ համբերութեան որ ի Քրիստոս Յիսուս․ եղէ ես ի կղզւոջն որ անուանեալ կոչի Պատմոս՝ վասն բանին Աստուծոյ եւ վասն վկայութեան Յիսուսի Քրիստոսի:Es Yovhannēs ełbayr jer ew hawasarakicʻ nełutʻean ew arkʻayutʻean ew hamberutʻean or i Kʻristos Yisus; ełē es i kłzwoǰn or anuaneal kočʻi Patmos, vasn banin Astucoy ew vasn vkayutʻean Yisusi Kʻristosi:I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

#### Declension

Note the dative/locative with -ոջ (-oǰ)

#### Derived terms

* կղզային (kłzayin)
* կղզեակ (kłzeak)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: կղզի (kġzi)

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կղզի”, 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 603ab
* Abulaʒe, Ilia (1944) Kartuli da somxuri liṭeraṭuruli urtiertoba IX—X ss-ši : Gamoḳvleva da ṭeksṭebi [Georgian and Armenian literary relations of the ninth and tenth centuries: Study and Texts]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 96
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կղզի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Gippert, Jost (2005) “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, pages 149–150
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* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1988) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences]‎ (in Armenian), number 11, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 70 of 69–75
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* Marr, N. (1908) Основные таблицы к грамматике древнегрузинского языка‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 9
* Pedersen, Holger (1906) “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, number 3, pages 380, 426, derives from ընկլնում (ənklnum), ընկլուզանեմ (ənkluzanem)
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կղզի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 88
* Viredaz, Rémy (2017) La dissimilation d'aperture vocalique en arménien (loi d'Olsen)‎ (in French), Handout of a paper presented at the 11th International Congress on Armenian Linguistics, Yerevan, 2‒5 October, 2017, page 25