բողջ

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 (bołǰn).

Noun

բողջ (bołǰ)

  1. swelling, tumour, wound

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 182
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բողջ”, 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
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