բորբ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բորբ (borb); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

բորբ (borb) (superlative ամենաբորբ)

  1. bright, aflame, burning
  2. (figuratively) angry, inflamed

Declension

Noun

բորբ (borb)

  1. inflammation

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰo-bʰr-o-, a reduplication of *bʰerw- (to boil); cognate with Latin ferveo, Welsh berwi (to boil).[1][2]

Adjective

բորբ (borb)

  1. bright, aflame, burning
  2. abundant

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), բորբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բորբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 189
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բորբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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