համբալ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حمال (hammâl), from Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

համբալ (hambal)

  1. (dialectal) porter, carrier of loads, hamal
    Synonym: բեռնակիր (beṙnakir)
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) unskilled laborer, drudge
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot

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References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), համալ”, 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 207
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