բամբիշն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian: 𐫁𐫀𐫗𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗 (bʾnbyšn /⁠bānbišn⁠/), Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭲𐭠 (MLKTA /⁠bānbišn⁠/, queen). For the ultimate origin see Proto-Indo-European *déms pótis.

Noun

բամբիշն (bambišn)

  1. lady of the house, queen
    Synonym: թագուհի (tʿaguhi)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բամբիշն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բամբիշն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 116–117
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), բամբիշն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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