բով

Armenian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Armenian բով (bov).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /bov/, [bov]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /pov/, [pʰov]
  • Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

Noun

բով • (bov)

  1. furnace
  2. (figurative) furnace, crucible (a place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative բով (bov) բովեր (bover)
dative բովի (bovi) բովերի (boveri)
ablative բովից (bovicʻ) բովերից (bovericʻ)
instrumental բովով (bovov) բովերով (boverov)
locative բովում (bovum) բովերում (boverum)
definite forms
nominative բովը / բովն (bovə / bovn) բովերը/բովերն (boverə/bovern)
dative բովին (bovin) բովերին (boverin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բովս (bovs) բովերս (bovers)
dative բովիս (bovis) բովերիս (boveris)
ablative բովիցս (bovicʻs) բովերիցս (bovericʻs)
instrumental բովովս (bovovs) բովերովս (boverovs)
locative բովումս (bovums) բովերումս (boverums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բովդ (bovd) բովերդ (boverd)
dative բովիդ (bovid) բովերիդ (boverid)
ablative բովիցդ (bovicʻd) բովերիցդ (bovericʻd)
instrumental բովովդ (bovovd) բովերովդ (boverovd)
locative բովումդ (bovumd) բովերումդ (boverumd)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Azerbaijani böv, büvə, böyə. Doublet of պո̈ւ (, ghost) and պի (pi, venomous spider) in the dialects of Constantinople and Nor Nakhijevan, borrowed from other Turkic languages.

Alternative forms

  • բո (bo)
  • բօ̈վ (böv), պօ̈վ (pöv)dialectological notation

Noun

բով • (bov)

  1. (dialectal, Karabakh) a kind of arachnid, probably camel spider
    Synonym: խըմբըրկատու (xəmbərkatu)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “բով”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 202b
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 183
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “բօվ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 101c
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բով”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 211a

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰō- or *bʰow-, from *bʰeh₁-.[1][2]

Noun

բով • (bov)

  1. furnace
  2. crucible, melting pot
  3. censer
  4. fire
  5. smelting
  6. (in the plural) mine
  7. (figurative) furnace, crucible (a place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline)

Declension

o-type
singular plural
nominative բով (bov) բովք (bovkʻ)
genitive բովոյ (bovoy) բովոց (bovocʻ)
dative բովոյ (bovoy) բովոց (bovocʻ)
accusative բով (bov) բովս (bovs)
ablative բովոյ (bovoy) բովոց (bovocʻ)
instrumental բովով (bovov) բովովք (bovovkʻ)
locative բով (bov) բովս (bovs)
u-type
singular plural
nominative բով (bov) բովք (bovkʻ)
genitive բովու (bovu) բովուց (bovucʻ)
dative բովու (bovu) բովուց (bovucʻ)
accusative բով (bov) բովս (bovs)
ablative բովէ (bovē) բովուց (bovucʻ)
instrumental բովու (bovu) բովուք (bovukʻ)
locative բովու (bovu) բովս (bovs)
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative բով (bov) բովք (bovkʻ)
genitive բովի (bovi) բովաց (bovacʻ)
dative բովի (bovi) բովաց (bovacʻ)
accusative բով (bov) բովս (bovs)
ablative բովէ (bovē) բովաց (bovacʻ)
instrumental բովաւ (bovaw) բովաւք = բովօք (bovawkʻ = bovōkʻ)
locative բովի (bovi) բովս (bovs)

post-classical

Derived terms

  • բովհրեմ (bovhrem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բով (bov)
  • Romani: bov (oven, stove)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 473–474

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բով”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 506a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 105a