Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian խարբուխ (xarbux), of unknown origin. Folk-etymologically explained as հար (har) +‎ -բուխ (-bux) and therefore incorrectly spelled հարբուղխ, խարբուղխ (harbuġx, xarbuġx) in the past. Akin to the synonymous Georgian ხარბუხა (xarbuxa), ხარბუხი (xarbuxi), ხარბუხაჸი (xarbuxaʾi).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հարբուխ (harbux)

  1. runny nose, rhinorrhea
  2. common cold
    Synonym: մրսածություն (mrsacutʻyun)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: ხარფუხი (xarpuxi)

Further reading edit

  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “հարբուղխ, խարբուղխ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Mnacʻordkʻ grabaṙ baṙicʻ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. The Remainder of Old Armenian Words]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 193a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հարբուխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 57b
  • Asatryan, M. E. (1976) “Arewelahay grakan lezvi jayneġ paytʻakan baġajayneri artasanutʻyunə [On the pronunciation of voiced consonants in Standard Eastern Armenian]”, in Banber Erewani hamalsarani [“Banber” – Bulletin of Yerevan University] (in Armenian), volume 29, number 2, page 41 of 32–47
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “խարբուխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 930b
  • Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language]‎[2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 310
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հարբուխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 451a, considers this an onomatopoeic formation
  • Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 177
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “խարբուխ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[3], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 284
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “խըրըփօխ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 283c
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խարփուխ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 299b