բարբաջ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian բարբաջ (barbaǰ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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բարբաջ (barbaǰ)

  1. nonsense, silly prattle

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively, reduplicated from the hypothetical root *բաղջ- (*bałǰ-), from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂-d₂l-ieh₂-, from *bheh₂- (to speak), whence բամ (bam), and cognate with Latin fibula, Old Church Slavonic балии (balii). A relation with Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) and Sanskrit बर्बर (barbara, stammering) is also possible. See also բաջաղիմ (baǰałim) and բաջառել (baǰaṙel).

Noun

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բարբաջ (barbaǰ)

  1. senile fables, mythic stories, whisper of sorcerers, sorcerous or delirious talk, nonsense (of fables), silly prattle, maundering

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: բարբաջ (barbaǰ)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բարբաջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բարբաջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բարբաջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 168