բող
Armenian
Pronunciation
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɔʁ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰɔʁ]
Noun
բող • (boł)
- Alternative form of բոխի (boxi)
- (dialectal) Alternative form of բողկ (bołk)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բող (boł) | բողեր (bołer) | ||
| dative | բողի (bołi) | բողերի (bołeri) | ||
| ablative | բողից (bołicʿ) | բողերից (bołericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | բողով (bołov) | բողերով (bołerov) | ||
| locative | բողում (bołum) | բողերում (bołerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բողը/բողն (bołə/bołn) | բողերը/բողերն (bołerə/bołern) | ||
| dative | բողին (bołin) | բողերին (bołerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բողս (bołs) | բողերս (bołers) | ||
| dative | բողիս (bołis) | բողերիս (bołeris) | ||
| ablative | բողիցս (bołicʿs) | բողերիցս (bołericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | բողովս (bołovs) | բողերովս (bołerovs) | ||
| locative | բողումս (bołums) | բողերումս (bołerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բողդ (bołd) | բողերդ (bołerd) | ||
| dative | բողիդ (bołid) | բողերիդ (bołerid) | ||
| ablative | բողիցդ (bołicʿd) | բողերիցդ (bołericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | բողովդ (bołovd) | բողերովդ (bołerovd) | ||
| locative | բողումդ (bołumd) | բողերումդ (bołerumd) | ||
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բողիկ (bołik) (with -իկ (-ik))
Etymology
A specialized meaning of unattested *բող (*boł, “plant, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol- from *bʰleh₃-. The *բող (*boł) can be seen in բողբոջ (bołboǰ, “shoot, sprout; bud”) and dialectal բոխի (boxi, “a kind of bitter field-plant”), բոխ (box, “tree shoot with buds used as animal feed”), բոխալ (boxal, “to sprout”), probably also բոխի (boxi, “hornbeam”).
Noun
բող • (boł)
- a kind of plant
- 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen]
Derived terms
- իգաբող (igaboł)
Related terms
- բողբոջ (bołboǰ)
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: բոխ (box), բոխի (boxi)
- Armenian: բոխի (boxi), պէխէ (pēxē), պէխի (pēxi), պօ̈խէ (pöxē), պօ̈խի (pöxi); բեխի (bexi), պեխի (pexi)
- → Northern Kurdish: box, boxe (“Ferula”)
- → Zazaki: boğîk
- Armenian: բոխի (boxi), պէխէ (pēxē), պէխի (pēxi), պօ̈խէ (pöxē), պօ̈խի (pöxi); բեխի (bexi), պեխի (pexi)
- → Classical Syriac: ܒܠܝܩܐ (blyqˀ /ballīqā/, “Ferula communis”) (perhaps)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 464
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բող”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 180
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy