გუბ

Bats

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, an Armenian borrowing. Compare Old Armenian գուբ (gub), Armenian գուբ (gub).

The borrowing is probably mediated by Georgian [Term?].

Noun

გუბ (gub)

1. island

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գուբ”, 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 586b
• Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 123

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Georgian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, an Armenian borrowing; compare Old Armenian գուբ (gub), Armenian գուբ (gub).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡub/, [ɡ̊upʰ]

Noun

გუბ • (gub)

1. (dialectal, Ingilo) lake
2. (dialectal, Ingilo) bog, marsh

Related terms

• გუბე (gube), გუბი (gubi)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գուբ”, 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 586b
• Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 314, page 127
• Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 347, page 138