Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բողոք (bołokʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բողոք (boġokʻ)

  1. complaint
  2. protest

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to sound, speak). Cognate with Old Norse belja (to roar), Old High German bellan (to bark, resound). For the suffix -ոք (-okʻ) compare կեղ-եք-եմ (keł-ekʻ-em), ող-ոք-եմ (oł-okʻ-em).

Noun edit

բողոք (bołokʻ)

  1. loud complaint, cry
    բողոք բառնալ, հարկանել, ունել, կարդալ, արկանելbołokʻ baṙnal, harkanel, unel, kardal, arkanelto cry, complain loudly
  2. (rare) herald

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բողոք (boġokʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բողոք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բողոք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բողոք”, 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 182