բահ
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Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian բահ (bah). Doublet of պել (pel).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɑh]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰɑh]
Noun[edit]
բահ • (bah)
Declension[edit]
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բահ (bah) | բահեր (baher) | ||
| dative | բահի (bahi) | բահերի (baheri) | ||
| ablative | բահից (bahicʻ) | բահերից (bahericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | բահով (bahov) | բահերով (baherov) | ||
| locative | բահում (bahum) | բահերում (baherum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բահը/բահն (bahə/bahn) | բահերը/բահերն (baherə/bahern) | ||
| dative | բահին (bahin) | բահերին (baherin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բահս (bahs) | բահերս (bahers) | ||
| dative | բահիս (bahis) | բահերիս (baheris) | ||
| ablative | բահիցս (bahicʻs) | բահերիցս (bahericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | բահովս (bahovs) | բահերովս (baherovs) | ||
| locative | բահումս (bahums) | բահերումս (baherums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բահդ (bahd) | բահերդ (baherd) | ||
| dative | բահիդ (bahid) | բահերիդ (baherid) | ||
| ablative | բահիցդ (bahicʻd) | բահերիցդ (bahericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | բահովդ (bahovd) | բահերովդ (baherovd) | ||
| locative | բահումդ (bahumd) | բահերումդ (baherumd) | ||
Derived terms[edit]
Old Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Simplified from earlier *բարհ (*barh) (like in մահ (mah), զոհ (zoh), պահ (pah), կահ (kah), ահ (ah)), an Iranian borrowing,[1][2][3][4] ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bádHr̥.
The Caucasian descendants may have been borrowed from Iranian without Armenian mediation.
Noun[edit]
բահ • (bah)
- spade, shovel; hoe
- 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] :
- Արդ՝ առեալ թագաւորին փայտատ եւ բահ՝ հատանէր զդիրս հանգստոցաց սրբոցն իւրաքանչիւր ըստ չափու արկեղացն։
- Ard, aṙeal tʻagaworin pʻaytat ew bah, hatanēr zdirs hangstocʻacʻ srbocʻn iwrakʻančʻiwr əst čʻapʻu arkełacʻn.
- Արդ՝ առեալ թագաւորին փայտատ եւ բահ՝ հատանէր զդիրս հանգստոցաց սրբոցն իւրաքանչիւր ըստ չափու արկեղացն։
Declension[edit]
u-type
i-type
Derived terms[edit]
- բահաւոր (bahawor)
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian: բահ (bah)
- →? Abkhaz: абаҳа (abaḥa)
- →? Budukh: бар (bar)
- →? Chechen: баьхьа (bäḥʳa), бахьа (baḥʳa), бахь (baḥʳ), бехье (beḥʳe), бехьа (beḥʳa)
- →? Ingush: бахьа (baḥʳa)
- →? Lezgi: пер (per)
- →? Old Georgian: ბარი (bari)
References[edit]
- ^ Gershevitch, Ilya (1962) “Outdoor terms in Iranian”, in W. B. Henning, E. Yarshater, editors, A locust’s leg: Studies in honour of S. H. Taqizadeh[1], London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd, pages 78–79
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1970) “A Range of Iranica”, in Mary Boyce, Ilya Gershevitch, editors, W.B. Henning memorial volume[2], London: Lund Humphries, page 31
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1975) “Excursus Iranocaucasicus”, in Monumentum H. S. Nyberg I (Acta Iranica; 4)[3], Leiden: Brill, page 32 of 31–35
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 240b
Further reading[edit]
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “բահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 392–393
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 425b
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բահ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 113b
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “բահ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 280c
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*bV̆χ_V”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[4], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 88b
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