Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բորբ (borb).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

բորբ (borb) (superlative ամենաբորբ)

  1. bright, aflame, burning
  2. (figuratively) angry, inflamed

Declension edit

Noun edit

բորբ (borb)

  1. inflammation

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰo-bʰr-o-, a reduplication of *bʰerw- (to boil); cognate with Latin ferveo, Welsh berwi (to boil).[1][2] See also բորբոս (borbos).

Adjective edit

բորբ (borb)

  1. bright, aflame, burning
  2. abundant

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բորբ (borb)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բորբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բորբ”, 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 189
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բորբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy