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The article discusses the origin of the Armenian word khal "mole, spot on the skin of people and animals". The word khal was considered a borrowing from the Persian Language (R.Acharyen, G.Dzhaukyan). Using the material from etymological dictionaries of Indo-European langauegs (Yu.Porotny, S. Starostin) and comparing the semantic and phonetic correspondences of the Armenian Khal with reflections of the I.E. "kel-,*kᾱl- 'light/dark spot' in other Indo-European langauages, a version of the Indo-European origin of this word has been put forward.
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