բանամ

• բանիմ (banim) — in the mediopassive sense

Inherited from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} The basic meaning is “to make visible”.

բանամ • (banam)

1. (transitive) to open, to discover, to disclose

   բանալ զգլուխ ― banal zglux ― to take off one's hat

   բանալ ումեք զսիրտ իւր ― banal umekʻ zsirt iwr ― to unbosom, to open one's heart

   բանալ զախորժակ ― banal zaxoržak ― to excite appetite

   բանալ զշիշ ― banal zšiš ― to uncork a bottle

   բանալ զկնիք ― banal zknikʻ ― to unseal

   բանալ զմիտս ― banal zmits ― to illuminate, to enlighten the mind

   բանալ զխցանս ― banal zxcʻans ― to unstop

   բանալ զծրարն ― banal zcrarn ― to unpack

   բանալ ճանապարհ ― banal čanaparh ― to trace, to mark out a path; to open a way, to make a road

2. (transitive, figuratively) to explain
3. (transitive) to loosen
4. (transitive) to perforate, to pierce, to bore

   ծակ բանալ ― cak banal ― to perforate, to pierce, to bore

5. (transitive) to spread, to enlarge, to extend
6. (transitive) to unfold, to untwist, to unlink
7. (transitive) to rub
8. (mediopassive, intransitive) to open; to be detached one from another

• Armenian: բանալ (banal)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանալ”, 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 403–405, leaves the origin open
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy