բրէտ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (to hum, buzz), whence also բոռ (boṙ); see there for more.[1][2]

Noun

բրէտ • (brēt)

  1. wasp

Declension

Synonyms

  • բոռ (boṙ)
  • բորեղ (boreł)

Descendants

  • Armenian:
    Literary: բրետ (bret)
    Dialectal: պրետ (pret) Moks[3]
  • Georgian: ბრეტი (breṭi)[3]

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոռ”, 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, pages 472–473
  2. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  3. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բրէտ”, 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 492c

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բրէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 518c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բրէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 108a
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