ամբար

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ամբար (ambar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ամբար (ambar)

  1. granary, barn

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Parthian *ambār (collection, gathering, provision, store). The spelling համբար (hambar) is from Middle Persian hmbʾl (hambār, store of food). See Persian انبار (anbâr) for more.

Noun

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ամբար (ambar)

  1. warehouse, storehouse, granary, loft; larder, pantry
    համբար զօրացhambar zōracʻmagazine; stores, ammunition
  2. provisions, furnishing, supplying, victualing
    համբար անասնոցhambar anasnocʻfodder, provender; forage

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ամբար (ambar)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “համբար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամբար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ամբար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press