բորբ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian բորբ (borb).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

բորբ (borb) (superlative ամենաբորբ)

  1. bright, aflame, burning
  2. (figuratively) angry, inflamed

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

բորբ (borb)

  1. inflammation

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰo-bʰr-o-, a reduplication of *bʰerw- (to boil); cognate with Latin ferveo, Welsh berwi (to boil).[1][2] See also բորբոս (borbos).

Adjective[edit]

բորբ (borb)

  1. bright, aflame, burning
  2. abundant

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: բորբ (borb)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բորբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading[edit]

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բորբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 189
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “բորբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy