թամամ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian թամամ (tʿamam), ultimately from Arabic تَمَام (tamām, complete, whole, entire).

Pronunciation

Adjective

թամամ (tʿamam) (superlative ամենաթամամ) (dialectal)

  1. entire, whole
    Synonyms: ողջ (ołǰ), ամբողջ (ambołǰ)
    • 1712 – 1795, Sayat-Nova, Թամամ աշխարհ պըտուտ էկա :
      Թամամ աշխարհ պըտուտ էկայ, չըթուղի Հաբաշ, նազա՛նի []
      Tʿamam ašxarh pətut ēkay, čʿətʿułi Habaš, nazáni []
      I went around the whole world, I did not leave Africa, beloved one []
  2. real, genuine, perfect
    Synonym: իսկական (iskakan)
  3. all
    Synonym: բոլոր (bolor)

Declension

Adverb

թամամ (tʿamam) (dialectal)

  1. entirely, completely

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), թամամ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, pages 416a
  • թամամ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 133b
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), թամամ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 233a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), թամամ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 71b
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