թումբ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թումբ (tʻumb).

Pronunciation

Noun

թումբ • (tʻumb)

  1. embankment, dyke; mound
  2. garden bed
  3. hillock

Declension

Derived terms

  • թմբամեջ (tʻmbameǰ)
  • թմբել (tʻmbel)
  • թմբիկ (tʻmbik)
  • թմբնակից (tʻmbnakicʻ)
  • թումբլակ (tʻumblak)
  • հողաթումբ (hoġatʻumb)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tumbʰ-, from *tum-.[1]

Noun

թումբ • (tʻumb)

  1. embankment, dyke; mound
  2. wall, fence
  3. (nautical) gunwale

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: թումբ (tʻumb)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թումբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 206

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