բամբաս

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բամբաս (bambas); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [bɑmˈbɑs]
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  • Hyphenation: բամ‧բաս

Noun

բամբաս (bambas)

  1. (colloquial) gossip

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • բանբաս (banbas)

Etymology

From բամ (bam, I say) + բաս (bas, you say). Compare ասեկոսե (asekose) for a similar formation.

Noun

բամբաս (bambas)

  1. backbite, gossip

Declension

Derived terms

  • անբամբաս (anbambas)
  • անբամբասաբար (anbambasabar)
  • անբամբասելի (anbambaseli)
  • բաբասած (babasac)
  • բամբասական (bambasakan)
  • բամբասանք (bambasankʿ)
  • բամբասասէր (bambasasēr)
  • բամբասաւոր (bambasawor)
  • բամբասեմ (bambasem)
  • բամբասողական (bambasołakan)
  • բամբասողութիւն (bambasołutʿiwn)
  • բամբասութիւն (bambasutʿiwn)
  • բանբասանք (banbasankʿ)
  • բանբասեմ (banbasem)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բամբաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բամբաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 165
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