թումբ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թումբ (tʿumb).

Pronunciation

Noun

թումբ (tʿumb)

  1. embankment, dyke; mound
  2. garden bed
  3. hillock

Declension

Derived terms

  • թմբամեջ (tʿmbameǰ)
  • թմբել (tʿmbel)
  • թմբիկ (tʿmbik)
  • թմբնակից (tʿmbnakicʿ)
  • թումբլակ (tʿumblak)
  • հողաթումբ (hołatʿumb)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tumbʰ-, from *tum-.[1]

Noun

թումբ (tʿumb)

  1. embankment, dyke; mound
  2. wall, fence
  3. (nautical) gunwale

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), թումբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 206

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