պուլպուլակ

Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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A dialectal word, unattested in Old or Middle Armenian. Ačaṙyan derives from Persian بلبله (bulbula, jug with a spout at the side of the head), which is related to Arabic بُلْبُلَة (bulbula).[1][2]

Alternative forms

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Noun

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պուլպուլակ (pulpulak)

  1. (dialectal, Ararat) a kind of earthenware waterpot
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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “պլպլիկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 914ab
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 326

Etymology 2

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Either a development of պուլպուլակ (pulpulak, a kind of waterpot) or an onomatopoeic formation from պուլ-պուլ (pul-pul, the sound of water) + -ակ (-ak).

 
Պուլպուլակ

Noun

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պուլպուլակ (pulpulak)

  1. pulpulak
    Synonym: (formal) ցայտաղբյուր (cʻaytaġbyur)
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