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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian գամփռ (gampʻṙ).

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Noun edit

գամփռ (gampʻṙ)

  1. any large and powerful dog, especially the Caucasian Shepherd Dog

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գամփռ”, 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 510a

Middle Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Ačaṙean does not know the origin.[1] According to J̌ahukyan, we are dealing with a sound-symbolic formation.[2]

Ačaṙean considers Northern Kurdish gembol (large watchdog) a borrowing from Armenian, with the rl sound change occurring within Kurdish, because there is no Armenian dialectal form with an (-l).[1] Compare also Central Kurdish گەماڵ (gemall, male dog; mastiff)[3][4] and Northern Kurdish gemal (mastiff).[5]

Noun edit

գամփռ (gampʻṙ)

  1. a large dog
    • 12–13th century, Vardan Aygekcʿi, Žołovacʿoykʿ aṙakacʿ Vardanay [Collections of Fables of Vardan] :[6]
      [] և տանուտէր մի եբեր շուն մի գամբռ (var. գամփռ) և սաստիկ ուժեղ []
      [] ew tanutēr mi eber šun mi gambṙ (var. gampʻṙ) ew sastik užeġ []
    • 12–13th century, Vardan Aygekcʿi, Žołovacʿoykʿ aṙakacʿ Vardanay [Collections of Fables of Vardan] :[7]
      [] գամփռ շուն մի իւրեանց մեծն և էր կուր []
      [] gampʻṙ šun mi iwreancʻ mecn ew ēr kur []

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գամփռ (gampʻṙ)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գամփռ”, 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 510a
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գամփռ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 148a
  3. ^ Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “گەماڵ”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 572b
  4. ^ Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “گەماڵ”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 486a
  5. ^ Îzolî, D. (1992) “gemal”, in Ferheng : Kurdî-Tirkî. Türkçe-Kürtçe[1], compiled by a native of the Dersim region, Istanbul: Deng Yayınları, →ISBN, page 162a
  6. ^ Марр, Н. (1894) Сборники притч Вардана. Часть II. Тексты [Collections of Vardan's fables. Part II. Texts], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, § 8, page 9
  7. ^ Марр, Н. (1894) Сборники притч Вардана. Часть II. Тексты [Collections of Vardan's fables. Part II. Texts], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, § 111, page 129

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գամփռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • գամփռ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, 1749–1769
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գամփռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy