Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (to hum, buzz), whence also բոռ (boṙ); see there for more.[1][2]

Noun edit

բրէտ (brēt)

  1. wasp

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian:
    Literary: բրետ (bret)
    Dialectal: պրետ (pret)Moks[3]
  • Georgian: ბრეტი (breṭi)[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 472–473
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բրէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 492c

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բրէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 518c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բրէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 108a