Armenian

Noun

աղբ • ‎(ałb)

1. garbage, trash, rubbish
2. (rare) feces, excrement

Declension

Synonyms

• (dialectal) զիբիլ ‎(zibil)

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 24

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably related to Hittite [script needed] ‎(šalpa-), [script needed] ‎(šalpi, “dung?”) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *sal-bʰo- ‎(“dirty”) (the o-stem) and Proto-Indo-European *sal-bʰi- ‎(“dirt, excrement”) (the i-stem), from Proto-Indo-European *solH- ‎(“dirt, dirty”). Alternatively, the Hittite and Armenian words are from Proto-Indo-European *selpo- and cognate to Sanskrit सर्पिष् ‎(sarpíṣ-, “molten butter, lard”), German Salbe ‎(“ointment”).

Noun

աղբ • ‎(ałb)

1. excrement, dung, feces
2. muck, manure

   աղբ արկանեl‎ ― ałb arkanel ― to manure, to muck

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: աղբ ‎(ałb)
• Kurdish: آخچین ‎(axpīn)
• Turkish: ağb, ahpun

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫb”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 32