դմբուզ

Armenian

Etymology

Related to dialectal Azerbaijani dımbız, dümbüz.

According to Asatrian, we are dealing with a sound-symbolic formation.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [dəmbúz]
  • (file)

Noun

դմբուզ • (dmbuz) (dialectal)

  1. fist
    Synonym: բռունցք (bṙuncʻkʻ)
  2. buttock

Declension

Derived terms

  • դմբզել (dmbzel)
  • դմբզակռիվ (dmbzakṙiv)

Adjective

դմբուզ • (dmbuz) (superlative ամենադմբուզ) (dialectal)

  1. plump
    Synonyms: թմբլիկ (tʻmblik), փափլիկ (pʻapʻlik)

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “դմբուզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “դմբուզ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 167b
  • Asatrjan, G. (1988) “Суффиксальный элемент -l- и некоторые вопросы фоносемантики в армянском языке [The Suffixal Element -l- and Some Problems of Phonosemantics in the Armenian Language]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 163 of 160–178
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “դմբուզ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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