Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian բամբակ (bambak), from Old Armenian բամբակ (bambak), from Middle Persian pmbk' (/⁠pambak⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բամբակ (bambak)

  1. cotton (fiber)
  2. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting
  3. candy floss, cotton candy, fairy floss

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բամբակ”, 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 401

Middle Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բամբակ (bambak), from Middle Persian pmbk' (/⁠pambak⁠/).

Noun edit

բամբակ (bambak)

  1. cotton

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բամբակ (bambak)

References edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian pmbk' (/⁠pambak⁠/), by assimilation of p...b to b...b.

Noun edit

բամբակ (bambak)

  1. cotton
    բամբակ ազնիւbambak azniwwadding

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բամբակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 430a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 116
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բամբակ”, 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 401