Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ռումբ (ṙumb).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

ռումբ (ṙumb)

  1. bomb

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Etymology edit

The origin is unknown.[1][2][3] Has been compared to Arabic رُمْح (rumḥ, spear), Classical Syriac ܪܘܡܚܐ (rūmḥā, spear), Northern Kurdish rim (spear, lance, javelin).[4][1][2] Note also Northern Kurdish rimb, a by-form of rim.

J̌ahukyan derives from an unattested specialised meaning of Ancient Greek ῥύμβος (rhúmbos), ῥόμβος (rhómbos, anything which may be turned or spun; spinning motion): compare from it ῥυμβονάω (rhumbonáō, swing round and throw away).[5] Compare also the phrase ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον (akóntōn hiénta rhómbon, shooting forth whirling darts) in Pindar.

Noun edit

ռումբ (ṙumb)

  1. missile, projectile
  2. (post-Classical) javelin, spear

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 275
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ռումբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 147
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ռումբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 658b
  4. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1882) “Armeniaca. III”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 36, page 132
  5. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1976) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences]‎[2] (in Armenian), number 12, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 49

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ռումբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “ռումբ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ռումբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy