բոռ
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian բոռ (boṙ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /bor/ [bor] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /por/ [pʰor] invalid IPA characters (//[])
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Noun edit
բոռ • (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 edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
բոռ • (boṙ)
Declension edit
o-type
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References 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