Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բուշտ (bušt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բուշտ (bušt)

  1. (anatomy) urinary bladder
  2. (pathology) abscess, swelling

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Similar words for globular objects are found in many languages: compare Latin pustula, bulla, Ancient Greek βομβυλίς (bombulís, water bubbles), Lithuanian pampti (to swell), bumbalas (knob, bladder). Related to փոշտ (pʻošt) and perhaps առաւուշտ (aṙawušt).

Noun edit

բուշտ (bušt)

  1. (anatomy) urinary bladder
  2. (pathology) blotch, pustule, abscess
  3. bubble

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բուշտ (bušt)
  • Old Georgian: ბუშტი (bušṭi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բուշտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բուշտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բուշտ”, 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 193