բալ

See also: բամ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Armenian բալ (bal); see it for more.

Noun

բալ (bal)

  1. sour cherry (fruit)
Declension
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian բալ (bal); see it for more.

Noun

բալ (bal)

  1. fog
  2. (dialectal) white fleck
Declension

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Persian بالو (bālū).

Noun

բալ (bal), genitive singular բալի (bali)

  1. sweet cherry (fruit)
  2. sour cherry (fruit)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), բալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 105b

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥H-i-; cognate with Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, white), Latvian bāls (pale), balts (white), Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ (bělŭ).[1][2][3] See also բիլ (bil).

Noun

բալ (bal)

  1. fog, mist
  2. (rare) cloud of smoke
  3. (as an adjective, of sight) hazy, dim
Declension
Derived terms
  • բալաձեւ (balajew)
  • բալաձիգ (balajig)
  • բալատեսակ (balatesak)
  • բալատեսիլ (balatesil)
  • բալգոյն (balgoyn)
  • բալեցուցանեմ (balecʿucʿanem)
  • բալէշ (balēš)
  • բալուտ (balut)
  • բաղաձեւ (bałajew)
Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 162

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Verb

բալ (bal)

  1. infinitive of բամ (bam)
Declension
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