բոռ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բոռ (boṙ).

Pronunciation

Noun

բոռ (boṙ)

  1. drone (in bees)
  2. gadfly, horse-fly
  3. bumblebee
  4. wasp
  5. (figuratively) drone, leech, freeloader

Declension

Derived terms

  • բոռաճանճ (boṙačanč)
  • բոռեխ (boṙex)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (to hum, buzz) and cognate with Ancient Greek πεμ-φρη-δών (pem-phrē-dṓn, kind of wasp, tree wasp), Sanskrit बम्भर (bambhara, bee), भम्भराली (bhambharālī, fly), Lithuanian bim̃balas, Lithuanian bim̃bilas (hornet), Latvian bimbals (horsefly), bambals (beetle).[1][2][3]

Noun

բոռ (boṙ)

  1. hornet, drone

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  1. Walde, Alois (1927), Pokorny, Julius, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Berlin: de Gruyter, pages 161–162
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), բոռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 472–473
  3. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), բոռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 505b
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բոռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 105a
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