Armenian edit

 
Թամբ (1)

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թամբ (tʻamb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թամբ (tʻamb)

  1. saddle (of a horse)
    մեկին թամբը դնել՝ քշելmekin tʻambə dnel, kʻšelto be in the saddle (to be in control of someone)
    թամբը զարկելtʻambə zarkelto saddle (to put a saddle on)
    թամբից բուսնելtʻambicʻ busnelto sit tall in the saddle
  2. packsaddle
  3. saddle (of a bicycle or motorcycle)
  4. (figuratively) saddle (low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two peaks of a mountain)
  5. (figuratively) calf (of a leg)
  6. (figuratively) flank (of an animal)

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References edit

  • թամբ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Since Lidén usually considered inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥peh₂, from the root *temp- (to extend, stretch, span), and cognate with Lithuanian ti̇̀mpa (sinew), Old Norse þǫmb (paunch; bowstring), but Ačaṙean rejects this and leaves the origin open.

For the sense development compare բարձ (barj).

Noun edit

թամբ (tʻamb)

  1. saddle; packsaddle
    թամբ վասն կանանց, կողմնակի թամբtʻamb vasn kanancʻ, kołmnaki tʻambside-saddle, pillion
    աշտանակել, ոստանուլ ի թամբaštanakel, ostanul i tʻambto mount, to vault into the saddle
    թամբս հարկանել, թամբ ի նուս դնելtʻambs harkanel, tʻamb i nus dnelto saddle
    բառնալ զթամբնbaṙnal ztʻambnto throw off the saddle, to dismount
  2. thighbone with the flesh on it, ham

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Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: թամբ (tʻamb), թամպ (tʻamp), թամք (tʻamkʻ)

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