Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թումբ (tʿumb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թումբ (tʿumb)

  1. embankment, dyke; mound
  2. garden bed
  3. hillock

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *tumbʰ-, from *tum-.[1]

Noun edit

թումբ (tʿumb)

  1. embankment, dyke; mound
  2. wall, fence
  3. (nautical) gunwale

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թումբ (tʿumb)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “թումբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 206

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