გუბ
Bats
Etymology
According to Ačaṙyan, an Armenian borrowing. Compare Old Armenian գուբ (gub), Armenian գուբ (gub).
The borrowing is probably mediated by Georgian [Term?].
Noun
გუბ (gub)
- island
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գուբ”, 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 586b
- Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 123
Georgian
Etymology
According to Ačaṙyan, an Armenian borrowing; compare Old Armenian գուբ (gub), Armenian գուբ (gub).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡub/
Noun
გუბ • (gub)
- (dialectal, Ingilo) lake
- (dialectal, Ingilo) bog, marsh
Related terms
- გუბე (gube), გუბი (gubi)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գուբ”, 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 586b
- Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 314, page 127
- Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 347, page 138