բահ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian բահ (bah).
Pronunciation
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- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /bɑh/, [bɑh]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /pɑh/, [pʰɑh]
Noun
բահ • (bah)
Usage notes
Colloquially Russian лопа́тка (lopátka) is often used instead.
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular | plural | |||
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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
Old Armenian
Etymology
From earlier *բարհ (*barh), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥H-ti- or *bʰerH-ti-, from *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”).[1][2][3]
Alternatively, borrowed from Iranian.[3][4]
For the earlier form *բարհ (*barh) compare the Caucasian borrowings and մարհ (marh).
Noun
բահ • (bah)
- spade, shovel; hoe
- 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [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
u-type
i-type
Derived terms
- բահաւոր (bahawor)
Related terms
- (perhaps) բիր (bir)
Descendants
- Armenian: բահ (bah)
- → Old Georgian: ბარი (bari)
- → Laz: ბარი (bari)
- → Mingrelian: ბარი (bari)
- → Svan: ბა̈რ (bär)
- → Budukh: бар (bar)
- → Chechen: баьхьа (bäḥʳa)
- → Lezgi: пер (per)
References
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- ^ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բահ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 113b
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 240b
Further reading
- 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
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “բահ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 280c
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 88b
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