բողջ

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Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰoldʰyo-, from *bʰel- (to blow, swell), whence բոլոր (bolor). Cognate with Old Swedish bulde, bolde (swelling, tumour). Related to բողջն (boġǰn).

Noun

բողջ (boġǰ)

  1. swelling, tumour, wound

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: բողջոց (boġǰocʻ)

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 182
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բողջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press