Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բառ (baṙ); see below.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բառ (baṙ)

  1. word

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (to speak), perhaps *bʰeh₂-s-ri-.[1][2][3]

Noun edit

բառ (baṙ)

  1. word
    բառ առ բառbaṙ aṙ baṙword for word
    ըստ բառինəst baṙinliterally
  2. language, speech
  3. (music) melody, tune

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բառ (baṙ)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “baṙ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 168

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy