Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian բաբան (baban), from Old Armenian բաբան (baban).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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բաբան (baban)

  1. catapult
    Synonyms: քարընկեց (kʻarənkecʻ), կատապուլտ (katapult)
  2. (dialectal, Bitlis) seesaw (a wooden beam supported midway by a rock on which children swing)[1][2][3][4][5]
    Synonyms: արասնգի (arasngi), լոկեփոկե (lokepʻoke), հալաճոճիմ (halačočim), տանկալափիշտի (tankalapʻišti), տնկլհոչի (tnklhočʻi), տնկլհոզի (tnklhozi), տռտանկուզիկ (tṙtankuzik), տրնկուզա (trnkuza), հեծանախաղ (hecanaxaġ)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բաբան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 399c
  2. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “balançoire”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 123b
  3. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “branloire”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 172a
  4. ^ J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “բաբան”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 267a
  5. ^ Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բաբան”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 142b

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բաբան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian բաբան (baban).

Noun

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բաբան (baban)

  1. catapult

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown. Lastivertcʿi, who was the first author to use the word, calls it Turkic, but nothing similar is known in Turkic languages.

Noun

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բաբան (baban)

  1. (post-Classical) catapult
    Synonym: քարընկէց (kʻarənkēcʻ)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: բաբան (baban)

See also

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բաբան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բաբան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 109b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բաբան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բաբան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy