Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian բոլոր (bolor).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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բոլոր (bolor)

  1. all

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative բոլոր (bolor)
dative բոլորի (bolori)
ablative բոլորից (boloricʻ)
instrumental բոլորով (bolorov)
locative բոլորում (bolorum)
definite forms
nominative բոլորը/բոլորն (bolorə/bolorn)
dative բոլորին (bolorin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բոլորս (bolors)
dative բոլորիս (boloris)
ablative բոլորիցս (boloricʻs)
instrumental բոլորովս (bolorovs)
locative բոլորումս (bolorums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բոլորդ (bolord)
dative բոլորիդ (bolorid)
ablative բոլորիցդ (boloricʻd)
instrumental բոլորովդ (bolorovd)
locative բոլորումդ (bolorumd)

Synonyms

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  • (dialectal, colloquial) սաղ (saġ)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-, o-grade of *bʰel- (to blow, grow, swell) +‎ -որ (-or); cognates include Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós), Old Irish ball (body part), Latin follis and English bull.[1][2] Related to բեղուն (bełun), բողջ (boġǰ), պլոր (plor) and perhaps բլուր (blur).

Adjective

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բոլոր (bolor)

  1. whole, entire
  2. round, spherical
    բոլոր գիրbolor girArmenian round script

Declension

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Noun

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բոլոր (bolor)

  1. circle of the moon
  2. calyx of a flower, husk, rosebud
  3. round ornament

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: բոլոր (bolor), բոլորք (bolorkʻ)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բոլոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բոլոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 178
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոլոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy