բամբակ

From Middle Armenian բամբակ (bambak), from Old Armenian բամբակ (bambak), from Middle Persian pmbk' (/⁠pambak⁠/).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /bɑmˈbɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /pɑmˈpɑɡ/,

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բամբակ • (bambak)

1. cotton (fiber)
2. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting
3. candy floss, cotton candy, fairy floss

• բամբակե (bambake), բամբակենի (bambakeni)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բամբակ”, 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 401

• բանբակ (banbak), բամպակ (bampak)

From Old Armenian բամբակ (bambak), from Middle Persian pmbk' (/⁠pambak⁠/).

բամբակ • (bambak)

1. cotton

• Armenian: բամբակ (bambak)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 430a
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “բամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1047b
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “բամպակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 108b, 109a

From Middle Persian pmbk' (/⁠pambak⁠/), by assimilation of p...b to b...b.

բամբակ • (bambak)

1. cotton

   բամբակ ազնիւ ― bambak azniw ― wadding

   • 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Ašxarhacʻoycʻ  :

     Լինի ի նմա բամբակ անբաւ եւ գարի ինքնաբոյս։

     Lini i nma [Pʻaytakaran] bambak anbaw ew gari inkʻnaboys.

     • 1992 translation by Robert H. Hewsen

       Cotton is found in great abundance here and wild barley.

   • 7–10th century, Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Ałuanicʻ ašxarhi I.93:

     Գտանին ի նոսա նաւթ եւ աղ, ապրիշում եւ բամբակ

     Gtanin i nosa nawtʻ ew ał, aprišum ew bambak

• Middle Armenian: բամբակ (bambak), բանբակ (banbak), բամպակ (bampak)
  • Armenian: բամբակ (bambak)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բամբակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 430a
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 116
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բամբակ”, 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 401