უბნობაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

Probably from უბანი (ubani). Compare development of ბაზრობს (bazrobs, “to talk (in order to figure things out)”) from ბაზარი (bazari, “market”), as well as the sense development in ლაპარაკი (laṗaraḳi).

Verbal noun

უბნობაჲ • (ubnobay)

1. verbal noun of უბნობს (ubnobs)

Noun

უბნობაჲ • (ubnobay)

1. conversation

Descendants

• Georgian: უბნობა (ubnoba) (possibly learned)

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “უბნობაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 417
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 403b, deriving from բան (ban)
• Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎^[2] (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 271