բողբոջ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ)

Pronunciation

Noun

բողբոջ (bołboǰ)

  1. (botany) bud

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From *բող-բողջ (*boł-bołǰ), reduplication of *բողջ- (*bołǰ-), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-yo-,[1][2][3] from *bʰleh₃-.

Noun

բողբոջ (bołboǰ)

  1. (botany) shoot, sprout, scion
  2. (botany) bud, germ
  3. (figuratively) offspring, scion, sons, descendants, posterity

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բողբոջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 181

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բողբոջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բողբոջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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