բլիթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բլիթ (blitʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

բլիթ • (blitʻ)

  1. kind of cake
  2. (pathology) small swelling

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan the basic meaning is ‘a soft lump of something; swelling; a roundish projecting part of the body’ ← ‘swollen, grown’ (compare բլթակ (bltʻak)). He derives the word from *բուլ (*bul), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-l-, from the root *bʰuH- (to grow), + -իթ (-itʻ).

Noun

բլիթ • (blitʻ)

  1. roundish soft bread

Declension

Derived terms

  • բլթակ (bltʻak)
  • բլթենի (bltʻeni)
  • բլիթեան (blitʻean)
  • բլիթէն (blitʻēn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բլիթ (blitʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բլիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բլիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բլիթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “blit‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 177
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