Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ամբոխ (ambox).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ամբոխ (ambox)

  1. crowd, throng
  2. rabble, mob

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing։ compare Persian انبوه (anbuh). Compare also Old Georgian ამბოხი (amboxi, crowd; riot, tumult), borrowed from the same source either directly or via Armenian.

Noun edit

ամբոխ (ambox)

  1. crowd, host, multitude
    Synonyms: խումբ (xumb), բազմութիւն (bazmutʻiwn)
  2. riot, tumult
    Synonyms: աղմուկ (ałmuk), աղաղակ (ałałak), խռովութիւն (xṙovutʻiwn), յուզմունք (yuzmunkʻ), իրարանցում (irarancʻum)

Declension edit

Adjective edit

ամբոխ (ambox)

  1. tumultuous

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ամբոխ (ambox)

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամբոխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամբոխ”, 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, page 151ab
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 96
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “ամբոխ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամբոխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy