ձիաբոռ

Armenian

Etymology

A modern literary formation as ձի (ji) + -ա- (-a-) + բոռ (boṙ).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [d͡zi(j)ɑˈbɔr]
  • Hyphenation: ձի‧ա‧բոռ

Noun

ձիաբոռ (jiaboṙ)

  1. hornet, Vespa crabro
    Synonym: ձիաստաց (jiastacʿ)
    • 1992, Osip Mandelstam, Banastełcutʿyunner :
      Մուգ կանաչ խոտերի մեջ բզզում էին հեծանիվները՝ զբոսայգու մետաղյա ձիաբոռեր։
      Mug kanačʿ xoteri meǰ bzzum ēin hecanivnerə, zbosaygu metałya jiaboṙer.
      In the deep green foliage bicycles buzzed — the metal hornets of the park.

Declension

Further reading

  • Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʿ (1889), Pferdebremse”, in Baṙagirkʿ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch], Vienna: Mechitharisten-Buchdruckerei, page 1140a
  • Čʿagmagčean, Y. Y. (1922), horsestinger”, in Əndarjak Baṙaran Angl. Hay. [A Comprehensive Dictionary English–Armenian], Boston: E. A. Yeran, page 721b
  • Łaribyan, A. S. (1977), шершень”, in Ṙus-hayeren baṙaran [Russian–Armenian Dictionary], 2nd edition, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 1376b
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