ճամբար

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ճամբար (čambar).

Pronunciation

Noun

ճամբար (čambar)

  1. camp
    մահվան ճամբարmahvan čambardeath camp
    համակենտրոնացման ճամբարhamakentronacʻman čambarconcentration camp
    աշխատանքային ճամբարašxatankʻayin čambarlabour camp

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (cmbl /⁠čambar⁠/), Persian چنبر (čanbar, circle, hoop). Related to dialectal ճամբարակ (čambarak). For the "circle" → "group of soldiers" sense development compare գումարտակ (gumartak), պար (par), طوپ (top).

Noun

ճամբար (čambar)

  1. camp, encampment, garrison
    • 5th century, Bible, 1 Samuel 13.23:
      Եւ ել ի ճամբար այլազգեացն յայնկոյս Մաքմասայ․ եւ հօր իւրում ոչ եհան ի վեր։
      Ew el i čambar aylazgeacʻn yaynkoys Makʻmasay; ew hōr iwrum očʻ ehan i ver.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas.
  2. collar
    • 7th century, Sebēos, Patmutʿiwnʿ 28:
      զարդարէ ի չքնաղս, ի գտակ եւ ի պատմուճան բեհեզեայս յոսկւոյ աւծեալ, մեծացուցանէ ահագին պատուաւք ի ճամբար ականակապ եւ ի գումարտակ, եւ ի գահս արծաթիս․
      [] zardarē i čʻkʻnałs, i gtak ew i patmučan behezeays yoskwoy awceal, mecacʻucʻanē ahagin patuawkʻ i čambar akanakap ew i gumartak, ew i gahs arcatʻis;
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        robed him splendidly with a hat and robe of silk woven with gold, exalted him tremendously with a collar set with gems, a necklace, and silver cushions.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ճամբար (čambar)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ճամբար”, 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 179–180
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճամբար”, 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, pages 186–187
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճամբար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy