գոմ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գոմ (gom).

Pronunciation

Noun

գոմ (gom)

  1. cattleshed, cowhouse, barn (usually for cattle)

Usage notes

In Armenian գոմ (gom) is usually used for cattle, փարախ (pʻarax) for sheep and ախոռ (axoṙ) for horses.

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰom-, surviving also in Danish gamme (sheepfold, shed), dialectal Northern Sami gamme (crib, manger), Norwegian gamme (turf hut), Old Norse gammi (hut of a Finn), Swiss German Gämmeli. Or possibly a European substrate word.

Noun

գոմ (gom)

  1. fold/stall for sheep or cattle
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: գոմ (gom)
  • Azerbaijani: قوْم (qom)
  • Georgian: გომი (gomi), გომური (gomuri)
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  • Persian: گمارا (gomârâ)
  • Turkish: köm

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոմ”, 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 224
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Etymology 2

From the same source as գոյ (goy).

Verb

գոմ (gom)

  1. to be, to exist, to subsist
    գուցէ, գուցէ երբէք, գուցէ թէgucʻē, gucʻē erbēkʻ, gucʻē tʻēperhaps, maybe; for fear of, lest
    մի՛ գուցէmí gucʻēlest, for fear that; that it may not
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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գոմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press