Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ամբողջ (ambołǰ).

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Adjective edit

ամբողջ (amboġǰ)

  1. entire, whole, all
    ամբողջ օրըamboġǰ ōrəwhole day
    ամբողջ քաղաքը գիտերamboġǰ kʻaġakʻə giterthe whole city knew
    ամբողջ ուժովamboġǰ užovwith all might
  2. whole, complete, without deficit
    ամբողջ թիվamboġǰ tʻivwhole number
  3. whole, without interruptions

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Noun edit

ամբողջ (amboġǰ)

  1. entirety, wholeness, totality, completeness
    ամբողջըamboġǰəeverything

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Old Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

Composed of ողջ (ołǰ) and the obsolete prefix *ամբ- (*amb-) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (around).[1][2][3]

Adjective edit

ամբողջ (ambołǰ)

  1. entire, whole, total
  2. whole, complete, perfect, exact; unscathed, intact, unhurt

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ամբողջ (amboġǰ)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ամբողջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “amboɫǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 47

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամբողջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամբողջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy