բդկել

Armenian

Etymology

According to J̌ahukyan, from Old Armenian *բտկեմ (*btkem), from a root *բիտ- (*bit-), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰid-, an ablaut grade of *bʰeyd-, grown in Armenian with a -կ- (-k-).

Verb

բդկել • (bdkel)

  1. (Mush, intransitive) to burst, to explode

Synonyms

References
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “բդկել”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 94
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “բդկել”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 357c
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 37
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