Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian բորբ (borb).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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բորբ (borb) (superlative ամենաբորբ)

  1. bright, aflame, burning
  2. (figuratively) angry, inflamed

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Noun

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բորբ (borb)

  1. inflammation

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰo-bʰr-o-, a reduplication of *bʰerw- (to boil); cognate with Latin ferveo, Welsh berwi (to boil).[1][2] See also բորբոս (borbos).

Adjective

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բորբ (borb)

  1. bright, aflame, burning
  2. abundant

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: բորբ (borb)

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 42–43
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բորբ”, 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) “բորբ”, 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 189
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բորբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy