բամբիշն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բամբիշ (bambiš) — post-Classical
Etymology
Borrowed from Parthian 𐫁𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗 (bʾmbyšn /bāmbišn/, “queen”), from Proto-Iranian *dmaHnapaθniH (“mistress of the house”).
Noun
բամբիշն • (bambišn)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | բամբիշն (bambišn) | բամբշունք (bambšunkʻ) |
| genitive | բամբշան (bambšan) | բամբշանց (bambšancʻ) |
| dative | բամբշան (bambšan) | բամբշանց (bambšancʻ) |
| accusative | բամբիշն (bambišn) | բամբշունս (bambšuns) |
| ablative | բամբշանէ (bambšanē) | բամբշանց (bambšancʻ) |
| instrumental | բամբշամբ (bambšamb) | բամբշամբք (bambšambkʻ) |
| locative | բամբշան (bambšan) | բամբշունս (bambšuns) |
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