Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բամբաս (bambas); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բամբաս (bambas)

  1. (colloquial) gossip

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From բամ (bam, I say) +‎ բաս (bas, you say). Compare ասեկոսե (asekose) for a similar formation.

Noun edit

բամբաս (bambas)

  1. backbite, gossip

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բամբաս (bambas)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “բամբաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բամբաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 165