բամբաս

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բամբաս (bambas); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

բամբաս • (bambas)

  1. (colloquial) gossip

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • բանբաս (banbas)

Etymology

From բամ (bam, I say) + բաս (bas, you say). Compare ասեկոսե (asekose) for a similar formation.

Noun

բամբաս • (bambas)

  1. backbite, gossip

Declension

Derived terms

  • անբամբաս (anbambas)
  • անբամբասաբար (anbambasabar)
  • անբամբասելի (anbambaseli)
  • բաբասած (babasac)
  • բամբասական (bambasakan)
  • բամբասանք (bambasankʻ)
  • բամբասասէր (bambasasēr)
  • բամբասաւոր (bambasawor)
  • բամբասեմ (bambasem)
  • բամբասողական (bambasołakan)
  • բամբասողութիւն (bambasołutʻiwn)
  • բամբասութիւն (bambasutʻiwn)
  • բանբասանք (banbasankʻ)
  • բանբասեմ (banbasem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բամբաս (bambas)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բամբաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բամբաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 165
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