ակումբ

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian ակումբ (akumb).

Pronunciation

Noun

ակումբ • (akumb)

  1. club; clubhouse
    գիշերային ակումբgišerayin akumbnightclub
    ֆուտբոլային ակումբfutbolayin akumbfootball club

Declension

Synonyms

  • (colloquial) կլուբ (klub)

Derived terms

  • ակմբանոց (akmbanocʻ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. J̌ahukyan remarks, that in view of abundance of i-stems in Urartian we may look for Urartian origin in Armenian unetymologized i-stems, such as this one.

According to Ačaṙyan, Old Georgian აკუმი (aḳumi, chair, bench; pile, heap) is borrowed from Armenian. For (-b) he compares պատշգամ (patšgam) : պատշգամբ (patšgamb), սալամ (salam) : սալամբ (salamb).

Noun

ակումբ • (akumb)

  1. seat; sofa
    ակումբ մաշկեայakumb maškeaycushion (used for sitting)
  2. (by extension) assembly, company of spectators
    ակումբ բոլորել՝ առնուլakumb bolorel, aṙnulto assemble, to sit in a circle; to feast together

Declension

Derived terms

  • ակմբահոյլ (akmbahoyl)
  • ակմբիմ (akmbim)
  • ակումբահոյլ (akumbahoyl)
  • բազմակբանոց (bazmakbanocʻ)
  • եռակմբանոց (eṙakmbanocʻ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ակումբ (akumb), (dialectal) ակում (akum)
  • Old Georgian: აკუმი (aḳumi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ակումբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ակումբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ակումբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 110ab
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 440
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ակումբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
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