ըմբիշ

Armenian

Ըմբիշներ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ըմբիշ (əmbiš).

Pronunciation

Noun

ըմբիշ (əmbiš)

  1. wrestler
    Synonym: (dialectal) փահլևան (pʿahlewan)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • ըմբիշտ (əmbišt), ըմպիշ (əmpiš) obsolete

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Has a shape of an Iranian loan.

Noun

ըմբիշ (əmbiš)

  1. wrestler, athlete

Declension

Derived terms

  • ըմբշական (əmbšakan)
  • ըմբշամարտ (əmbšamart)
  • ըմբշամարտապէս (əmbšamartapēs)
  • ըմբշամարտիկ (əmbšamartik)
  • ըմբշամարտիմ (əmbšamartim)
  • ըմբշամարտութիւն (əmbšamartutʿiwn)
  • ըմբշամրցութիւն (əmbšamrcʿutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ըմբիշտ (əmbišt)
  • Armenian: ըմբիշ (əmbiš) (learned)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), ըմբիշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 121a
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ըմբիշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ըմբիշ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 247a
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ըմբիշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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