դուրբին

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • դիրբին (dirbin), դուլբին (dulbin), դուլբուն (dulbun), տո̈ւլպո̈ւն (tülpün), դո̈ւրբո̈ւն (dürbün), տելբի (telbi), դիլպի (dilpi), դուլդուլ (duldul), տուլտոզ (tultoz), դօ̈լբինդ (dölbind)

Etymology

From Persian دوربین (durbin). Some of the alternative forms are borrowed via Turkic.

Pronunciation

Noun

դուրբին (durbin)

  1. (dialectal) telescope, monocular, perspective glass; binoculars
    Synonym: հեռադիտակ (heṙaditak)
    • 1686, Hovhannes Ter-Davtʿyan J̌ułayecʿi, Account Book [1]:
      Իմ մին ինկլիզի դուրբին ունի
      Im min inklizi durbin uni
      I got an English telescope

Declension

References

  1. Hovhannes J̌ułayecʿi (1984), Xačʿikyan L. S., Pʿapʿazyan H. D., editors, Hovhannes Ter-Davtʿyan J̌ułayecʿu hašvetumarə [The Account Book of Hovhannes Ter-Davtyan from Julfa] (Tntesakan patmutʿyan vaveragrer; 1) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 136

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), տիւլպիւն”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 339
  • Bläsing, Uwe (1997), “Irano-Turcica: Westiranisches Wortgut im türkeitürkischen Dialektmaterial”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia (in German), issue 2, § 28. durde (Tunceli) ‘Fernglas’, pages 93–96
  • Villotte, Jacques (1714), tubus”, in Dictionarium Novum Latino-Armenium [New Latin–Armenian Dictionary], Rome: Typis Sac. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide, page 714a
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