բով

Armenian

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian բով (bov).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /bov/ [bov]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /pov/ [pʰov]

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Noun

բով • (bov)

1. furnace
2. (figurative) furnace, crucible (a place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	բով (bov)	բովեր (bover)
dative	բովի (bovi)	բովերի (boveri)
ablative	բովից (bovicʻ)	բովերից (bovericʻ)
instrumental	բովով (bovov)	բովերով (boverov)
locative	բովում (bovum)	բովերում (boverum)
	definite forms
nominative	բովը/բովն (bovə/bovn)	բովերը/բովերն (boverə/bovern)
dative	բովին (bovin)	բովերին (boverin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	բովս (bovs)	բովերս (bovers)
dative	բովիս (bovis)	բովերիս (boveris)
ablative	բովիցս (bovicʻs)	բովերիցս (bovericʻs)
instrumental	բովովս (bovovs)	բովերովս (boverovs)
locative	բովումս (bovums)	բովերումս (boverums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	բովդ (bovd)	բովերդ (boverd)
dative	բովիդ (bovid)	բովերիդ (boverid)
ablative	բովիցդ (bovicʻd)	բովերիցդ (bovericʻd)
instrumental	բովովդ (bovovd)	բովերովդ (boverovd)
locative	բովումդ (bovumd)	բովերումդ (boverumd)

Derived terms

• բովել (bovel)

Etymology 2

From Azerbaijani böv, büvə, böyə. Doublet of պո̈ւ (pü, “ghost”) and պի (pi, “venomous spider”) in the dialects of Constantinople and Nor Nakhijevan, borrowed from other Turkic languages.

Alternative forms

• բո (bo)
• բօ̈վ (böv), պօ̈վ (pöv) — dialectological notation

Noun

բով • (bov)

1. (dialectal, Karabakh) a kind of arachnid, probably camel spider

   Synonym: խըմբըրկատու (xəmbərkatu)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “բով”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 202b
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 183
• Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “բօվ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 101c
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բով”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 211a

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰō- or *bʰow-, from *bʰeh₁-.

Noun

բով • (bov)

1. furnace
2. crucible, melting pot
3. censer
4. fire
5. smelting
6. (in the plural) mine
7. (figurative) furnace, crucible (a place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline)

Declension

o-type

	singular		plural
nominative	բով (bov)		բովք (bovkʻ)
genitive	բովոյ (bovoy)		բովոց (bovocʻ)
dative	բովոյ (bovoy)		բովոց (bovocʻ)
accusative	բով (bov)		բովս (bovs)
ablative	բովոյ (bovoy)		բովոց (bovocʻ)
instrumental	բովով (bovov)		բովովք (bovovkʻ)
locative	բով (bov)		բովս (bovs)

u-type

	singular		plural
nominative	բով (bov)		բովք (bovkʻ)
genitive	բովու (bovu)		բովուց (bovucʻ)
dative	բովու (bovu)		բովուց (bovucʻ)
accusative	բով (bov)		բովս (bovs)
ablative	բովէ (bovē)		բովուց (bovucʻ)
instrumental	բովու (bovu)		բովուք (bovukʻ)
locative	բովու (bovu)		բովս (bovs)

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	բով (bov)		բովք (bovkʻ)
genitive	բովի (bovi)		բովաց (bovacʻ)
dative	բովի (bovi)		բովաց (bovacʻ)
accusative	բով (bov)		բովս (bovs)
ablative	բովէ (bovē)		բովաց (bovacʻ)
instrumental	բովաւ (bovaw)		բովաւք = բովօք (bovawkʻ = bovōkʻ)
locative	բովի (bovi)		բովս (bovs)
post-classical

Derived terms

• բովեմ (bovem)
• բովհրեմ (bovhrem)

Descendants

• Armenian: բով (bov)
• → Romani: bov (“oven, stove”)

Further reading

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բով”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 506a
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 105a