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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Parthian *ham-bōδ; compare Parthian 𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫇𐫏𐫀𐫅 (ʾmbwyʾd /ambōyād/, “kissed”). For the constituents see համ- (ham-) and բոյր (boyr).
Noun
համբոյր • (hamboyr)
- kiss
- համբոյր ձեռաց ― hamboyr jeṙacʻ ― hand-kissing
- համբոյր Յուդայի, մատնչի ― hamboyr Yudayi, matnčʻi ― a traitor's kiss
- համբոյր տալ ումեք ― hamboyr tal umekʻ ― to embrace, to kiss
- տալ միմեանց համբոյր խաղաղութեան ― tal mimeancʻ hamboyr xałałutʻean ― to give the kiss of peace
- affection, love; affability, familiarity; union, joining together
- ի համբոյր ածել ― i hamboyr acel ― to familiarize, to tame, to domesticate
- գալ ի համբոյր ― gal i hamboyr ― to get or grow tame, familiar, to be tamed
- (grammar) spondee
Declension
Adjective
համբոյր • (hamboyr)
- affable, gentle, mild, meek; agreeing, unanimous
- հաշտ եւ համբոյր առնել, համբոյր յարդարել ― hašt ew hamboyr aṙnel, hamboyr yardarel ― to appease, to calm, to pacify, to reconcile
- համբոյր եւ կամակ բարս ստանալ ― hamboyr ew kamak bars stanal ― to be good-tempered, gentle, amiable
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “համբոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “համբոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 176
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 889
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “համբոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy