աղբ

Etymology

From Old Armenian աղբ (ałb); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [ɑχp]

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Noun

աղբ • (ałb)

1. garbage, trash, rubbish
2. (rare) feces, excrement

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 24

Etymology

Probably related to Hittite [script needed] (šalpa-), [script needed] (šalpi, “dung?”) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *sal-bʰo- (“dirty”) (the o-stem) and *sal-bʰi- (“dirt, excrement”) (the i-stem), from*solH- (“dirt, dirty”). Alternatively, the Hittite and Armenian words are from Proto-Indo-European *selpo- and cognate to Sanskrit Sanskrit सर्पिष् (sarpíṣ-, “molten butter, lard”), German Salbe (“ointment”).

Noun

աղբ • (ałb)

1. excrement, dung, feces
2. muck, manure

   աղբ արկանել ― ałb arkanel ― to manure, to muck

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫb”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 32
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy