Talk:գամփռ
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Calak
@Vahagn Petrosyan: Interesting! We have also Central Kurdish گەماڵ (gemall, “male dog”).--Calak (talk) 11:17, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
- Cool, I added the comparison. Every bit of information is valuable for such obscure words. --Vahag (talk) 16:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
- In my accent we say گۆڵ (goll, “male dog”) instead of گەماڵ. There is also Northern Kurdish gemar (“dirty, unclean”) (probably it is related because dog is najis in Islam).--Calak (talk) 22:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
- I don't think the Armenian words are borrowed from Kurdish. In view of the verbs գամփ-ալ (gampʻ-al), գամփռ-ել (gampʻṙ-el, “to bark”), J̌ahukyan is probably right about the sound-symbolic origin. If the Kurdish words have a native origin, then they should be separated from Armenian. --Vahag (talk) 14:00, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
- If we take گەماڵ a native word, it should be from an earlier *گەمباڵ (*gemball). I am still doubtful about this word and its origin.--Calak (talk) 15:32, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
- I don't think the Armenian words are borrowed from Kurdish. In view of the verbs գամփ-ալ (gampʻ-al), գամփռ-ել (gampʻṙ-el, “to bark”), J̌ahukyan is probably right about the sound-symbolic origin. If the Kurdish words have a native origin, then they should be separated from Armenian. --Vahag (talk) 14:00, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
- In my accent we say گۆڵ (goll, “male dog”) instead of گەماڵ. There is also Northern Kurdish gemar (“dirty, unclean”) (probably it is related because dog is najis in Islam).--Calak (talk) 22:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)