թմբլիկ

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Sound-symbolic թմբլ- (tʻmbl-) +‎ -իկ (-ik). Compare Turkish tombul (fat), Ossetian тымбыл (tymbyl, round), Persian تنبل (tanbal, lazy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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թմբլիկ (tʻmblik) (superlative ամենաթմբլիկ)

  1. chubby, plump

Declension

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References

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  • Asatrjan, G. (1988) “Суффиксальный элемент -l- и некоторые вопросы фоносемантики в армянском языке [The Suffixal Element -l- and Some Problems of Phonosemantics in the Armenian Language]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Russian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 164 of 160–178