բոռ
Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Armenian բոռ (boṙ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /bor/, [bor]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /por/, [pʰor]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Noun
editբոռ • (boṙ)
- drone (in bees)
- gadfly, horse-fly
- bumblebee
- wasp
- (figuratively) drone, leech, freeloader
Declension
edit| i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | բոռ (boṙ) | բոռեր (boṙer) | ||
| dative | բոռի (boṙi) | բոռերի (boṙeri) | ||
| ablative | բոռից (boṙicʻ) | բոռերից (boṙericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | բոռով (boṙov) | բոռերով (boṙerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բոռը/բոռն (boṙə/boṙn) | բոռերը/բոռերն (boṙerə/boṙern) | ||
| dative | բոռին (boṙin) | բոռերին (boṙerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բոռս (boṙs) | բոռերս (boṙers) | ||
| dative | բոռիս (boṙis) | բոռերիս (boṙeris) | ||
| ablative | բոռիցս (boṙicʻs) | բոռերիցս (boṙericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | բոռովս (boṙovs) | բոռերովս (boṙerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բոռդ (boṙd) | բոռերդ (boṙerd) | ||
| dative | բոռիդ (boṙid) | բոռերիդ (boṙerid) | ||
| ablative | բոռիցդ (boṙicʻd) | բոռերիցդ (boṙericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | բոռովդ (boṙovd) | բոռերովդ (boṙerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Derived terms
edit- բոռաճանճ (boṙačanč)
Related terms
edit- բոռեխ (boṙex)
Old Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (“to hum, buzz”) and cognate with Ancient Greek πεμ-φρη-δών (pem-phrē-dṓn, “kind of wasp, tree wasp”), Sanskrit बम्भर (bambhara, “bee”), भम्भराली (bhambharālī, “fly”), Lithuanian bim̃balas, Lithuanian bim̃bilas (“hornet”), Latvian bimbals (“horsefly”), bambals (“beetle”).[1][2][3]
Noun
editբոռ • (boṙ)
Declension
edito-type
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Walde, Alois (1927) Julius Pokorny, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Berlin: de Gruyter, pages 161–162
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոռ”, 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, pages 472–473
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
Further reading
edit- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բոռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 505b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 105a
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- Armenian terms inherited from Old Armenian
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- Armenian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Armenian lemmas
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- hy:Insects
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- Old Armenian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Armenian lemmas
- Old Armenian nouns
- xcl:Insects