բամբիշն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫁𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗 (bʾmbyšn /⁠bāmbišn⁠/, queen), from Proto-Iranian *dmaHnapaθniH (mistress of the house).

Noun

բամբիշն • (bambišn)

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

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: բամբիշ (bambiš)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բամբիշն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, Matatʻeay (1879) “բամբիշն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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