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ակումբ

ակումբ

Armenian

Noun

ակումբ (akumb)

  1. club; clubhouse
    գիշերային ակումբgišerayin akumbnightclub
    ֆուտբոլային ակումբfutbolayin akumb ― football club

Declension

Synonyms

  • (colloquial) կլուբ (klub)

Derived terms

  • ակմբանոց (akmbanocʿ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. J̌ahukyan remarks, that in view of abundance of i-stems in Urartian we may look for Urartian origin in Armenian unetymologized i-stems, such as this one.

According to Ačaṙyan, Old Georgian აკუმი (aḳumi, chair, bench; pile, heap) is borrowed from Armenian. For (-b) he compares պատշգամ (patšgam) : պատշգամբ (patšgamb), սալամ (salam) : սալամբ (salamb).

Noun

ակումբ (akumb)

  1. seat; sofa
    ակումբ մաշկեայakumb maškeay ― cushion (used for sitting)
  2. (by extension) assembly, company of spectators
    ակումբ բոլորել՝ առնուլakumb bolorel, aṙnul ― to assemble, to sit in a circle; to feast together

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ակումբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ակումբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), ակումբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 110ab
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 440
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ակումբ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5