ակումբ

Borrowed from Old Armenian ակումբ (akumb).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈkumb/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɡump/,

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ակումբ • (akumb)

1. club; clubhouse

   գիշերային ակումբ ― gišerayin akumb ― nightclub

   ֆուտբոլային ակումբ ― futbolayin akumb ― football club

• (colloquial) կլուբ (klub)

• ակմբանոց (akmbanocʻ)

The origin is unknown. J̌ahukyan remarks, that in view of abundance of i-stems in Urartian we may look for Urartian origin in Armenian unetymologized i-stems, such as this one.

According to Ačaṙyan, Old Georgian აკუმი (aḳumi, “chair, bench; pile, heap”) is borrowed from Armenian. For -բ (-b) he compares պատշգամ (patšgam) : պատշգամբ (patšgamb), սալամ (salam) : սալամբ (salamb).

ակումբ • (akumb)

1. seat; sofa

   ակումբ մաշկեայ ― akumb maškeay ― cushion (used for sitting)

2. (by extension) assembly, company of spectators

   ակումբ բոլորել՝ առնուլ ― akumb bolorel, aṙnul ― to assemble, to sit in a circle; to feast together

• Armenian: ակումբ (akumb), (dialectal) ակում (akum)
• Old Georgian: აკუმი (aḳumi)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ակումբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ակումբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ակումբ”, 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, page 110ab
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 440
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ակումբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik