Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Sound-symbolic թմբլ- (tʿmbl-) +‎ -իկ (-ik). Compare Turkish tombul (fat), Ossetian тымбыл (tymbyl, round), Persian تنبل (tanbal, lazy).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

թմբլիկ (tʿmblik) (superlative ամենաթմբլիկ)

  1. chubby, plump

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References edit

  • Asatrjan, G. (1988), “Суффиксальный элемент -l- и некоторые вопросы фоносемантики в армянском языке [The Suffixal Element -l- and Some Problems of Phonosemantics in the Armenian Language]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Russian), issue 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 164 of 160–178