բդկել

բդկել

Armenian

Etymology

According to J̌ahukyan, from Old Armenian *բտկեմ (*btkem), from a root *բիտ- (*bit-), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰid-, an ablaut grade of *bʰeyd-, grown in Armenian with a -կ- (-k-).

Verb

բդկել • (bdkel)

1. (Muş, intransitive) to burst, to explode

Synonyms

• պայթել (paytʿel), պատռվել (patṙvel)

References

• Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “բդկել”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 94
• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), “բդկել”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 357c
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), issue 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 37