բող

Armenian

Pronunciation

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• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [boʁ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [pʰoʁ]

Noun

բող • (boġ)

1. Alternative form of բոխի (boxi)
2. (dialectal) Alternative form of բողկ (boġk)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	բող (boġ)	բողեր (boġer)
dative	բողի (boġi)	բողերի (boġeri)
ablative	բողից (boġicʻ)	բողերից (boġericʻ)
instrumental	բողով (boġov)	բողերով (boġerov)
locative	բողում (boġum)	բողերում (boġerum)
	definite forms
nominative	բողը/բողն (boġə/boġn)	բողերը/բողերն (boġerə/boġern)
dative	բողին (boġin)	բողերին (boġerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	բողս (boġs)	բողերս (boġers)
dative	բողիս (boġis)	բողերիս (boġeris)
ablative	բողիցս (boġicʻs)	բողերիցս (boġericʻs)
instrumental	բողովս (boġovs)	բողերովս (boġerovs)
locative	բողումս (boġums)	բողերումս (boġerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	բողդ (boġd)	բողերդ (boġerd)
dative	բողիդ (boġid)	բողերիդ (boġerid)
ablative	բողիցդ (boġicʻd)	բողերիցդ (boġericʻd)
instrumental	բողովդ (boġovd)	բողերովդ (boġerovd)
locative	բողումդ (boġumd)	բողերումդ (boġerumd)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• բողիկ (bołik) (with -իկ (-ik))

Etymology

A specialized meaning of unattested *բող (*boł, “plant, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol- from *bʰleh₃-. The *բող (*boł) can be seen in բողբոջ (bołboǰ, “shoot, sprout; bud”) and dialectal բոխի (boxi, “a kind of bitter field-plant”), բոխ (box, “tree shoot with buds used as animal feed”), բոխալ (boxal, “to sprout”), probably also բոխի (boxi, “hornbeam”).

Noun

բող • (boł)

1. a kind of plant
   • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʻ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen]

Derived terms

• իգաբող (igaboł)

Related terms

• բողբոջ (bołboǰ)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: բոխ (box), բոխի (boxi)
  • Armenian: բոխի (boxi), պէխէ (pēxē), պէխի (pēxi), պօ̈խէ (pöxē), պօ̈խի (pöxi); բեխի (bexi), պեխի (pexi)
    • → Northern Kurdish: box, boxe (“Ferula”)
    • → Zazaki: boğîk
• → Classical Syriac: ܒܠܝܩܐ (blyqˀ /⁠ballīqā⁠/, “Ferula communis”) (perhaps)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 464
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բող”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 180
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy