բորբոք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բորբոք (borbokʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

բորբոք • (borbokʻ)

  1. inflammation, fire
  2. heat of a burning fire
  3. (figuratively) fervour, rapture

Declension

Adjective

բորբոք • (borbokʻ) (superlative ամենաբորբոք)

  1. hot, inflamed (also figuratively)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From բորբ (borb) + -ոք (-okʻ).

Noun

բորբոք • (borbokʻ)

  1. heat, violent heat, inflammation, fire
  2. effervescence
  3. fervour, rapture

Adjective

բորբոք • (borbokʻ)

  1. hot, inflamed, with great heat

Descendants

  • Armenian: բորբոք (borbokʻ)
  • Georgian: ბორბოქი (borboki)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բորբոք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բորբոք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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