բորբոս
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian բորբոս (borbos).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɔɾˈbɔs]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰɔɾˈpʰɔs]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)
Noun
բորբոս • (borbos)
- mold
- mildew
- Synonyms: չոռ (čʿoṙ), միլդյու (mildyu)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բորբոս (borbos) | բորբոսներ (borbosner) | ||
| dative | բորբոսի (borbosi) | բորբոսների (borbosneri) | ||
| ablative | բորբոսից (borbosicʿ) | բորբոսներից (borbosnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | բորբոսով (borbosov) | բորբոսներով (borbosnerov) | ||
| locative | բորբոսում (borbosum) | բորբոսներում (borbosnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բորբոսը/բորբոսն (borbosə/borbosn) | բորբոսները/բորբոսներն (borbosnerə/borbosnern) | ||
| dative | բորբոսին (borbosin) | բորբոսներին (borbosnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բորբոսս (borboss) | բորբոսներս (borbosners) | ||
| dative | բորբոսիս (borbosis) | բորբոսներիս (borbosneris) | ||
| ablative | բորբոսիցս (borbosicʿs) | բորբոսներիցս (borbosnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | բորբոսովս (borbosovs) | բորբոսներովս (borbosnerovs) | ||
| locative | բորբոսումս (borbosums) | բորբոսներումս (borbosnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բորբոսդ (borbosd) | բորբոսներդ (borbosnerd) | ||
| dative | բորբոսիդ (borbosid) | բորբոսներիդ (borbosnerid) | ||
| ablative | բորբոսիցդ (borbosicʿd) | բորբոսներիցդ (borbosnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | բորբոսովդ (borbosovd) | բորբոսներովդ (borbosnerovd) | ||
| locative | բորբոսումդ (borbosumd) | բորբոսներումդ (borbosnerumd) | ||
Descendants
- → Northern Kurdish: perpos
- → Turkish: pırpoz, porpuz
See also
- մգլել (mglel)
Further reading
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 70, page 30
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Likely connected with բորբ (borb), բորբոք (borbokʿ).[1][2]
Noun
բորբոս • (borbos)
- mold
Derived terms
- անբորբոս (anborbos)
- անբորբոսային (anborbosayin)
- բորբոսահամ (borbosaham)
- բորբոսահոտութիւն (borbosahotutʿiwn)
- բորբոսային (borbosayin)
- բորբոսիմ (borbosim)
Descendants
- Armenian: բորբոս (borbos)
References
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բորբոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 507bc, connecting with բոր (bor), բոյս (boys) and բորբոք (borbokʿ)
- Pisani, Vittore (1944), “Armenische Studien. I. Zur armenischen Etymologie”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 68, issue 3/4, page 162 of 157–177
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “բորբոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 476–477, unknown origin
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “բորբոս”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 137a, trying to connect with բերեմ (berem)
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բորբոս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy