Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բլիթ (blitʿ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բլիթ (blitʿ)

  1. kind of cake
  2. (pathology) small swelling

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

According to Martirosyan the basic meaning is ‘a soft lump of something; swelling; a roundish projecting part of the body’ ← ‘swollen, grown’ (compare բլթակ (bltʿak)). He derives the word from *բուլ (*bul), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-l-, from the root *bʰuH- (to grow), +‎ -իթ (-itʿ).

Noun edit

բլիթ (blitʿ)

  1. roundish soft bread

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բլիթ (blitʿ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “բլիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բլիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բլիթ”, 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), “blit‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 177