Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թմբուկ (tʻmbuk).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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թմբուկ (tʻmbuk)

  1. (music) drum

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From earlier *թումբուկ (*tʻumbuk), from a Middle Iranian word of the shape *tumbūk. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (twmbk' /⁠tumbag⁠/, perhaps tambour), Persian تنبک (tonbak, tombak).

Noun

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թմբուկ (tʻmbuk)

  1. (music) drum
    դափիւն թմբկիdapʻiwn tʻmbkibeat or sound of the drum; a tattoo
    դափել հարկանել թմբուկdapʻel harkanel tʻmbukto drum, to beat the drum
    թմբուկ ի գումար զօրացtʻmbuk i gumar zōracʻto beat the tattoo or evening retreat
    դափիչ թմբկիdapʻičʻ tʻmbkidrum-stick
    մորթ թմբկիmortʻ tʻmbkidrum-head
    թմբուկ քողապատtʻmbuk kʻołapatmuffled drum
    ի ձայն թմբկիi jayn tʻmbkito the sound of drums, drums beating
  2. (anatomy) eardrum
    թմբուկ ականջացtʻmbuk akanǰacʻeardrum, tympanum
  3. (anatomy) hymen

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  • Armenian: թմբուկ (tʻmbuk) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թմբուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թմբուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 526
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 589
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թմբուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy