Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

բամբակ • ‎(bambak)

1. cotton (fiber)
2. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting
3. candy floss, cotton candy, fairy floss

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• բամբակե ‎(bambake), բամբակենի ‎(bambakeni)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բամբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 401

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• բանբակ ‎(banbak)
• բամպակ ‎(bampak)

Etymology

From Old Armenian բամբակ ‎(bambak).

Noun

բամբակ • ‎(bambak)

1. cotton

Descendants

• Armenian: բամբակ ‎(bambak)

Derived terms

References

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 430a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “բամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1047b
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “բամպակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 108b, 109a

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Persian pmbk' ‎(pambak), by assimilation of p...b to b...b.

Noun

բամբակ • ‎(bambak)

1. cotton

   բամբակ ազնիւ‎ ― bambak azniw ― wadding

   • c. 600 CE – c. 670 CE, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography]

     Լինի ի նմա [Փայտակարան] բամբակ անբաւ եւ գարի ինքնաբոյս։

     • 1992 translation by Robert H. Hewsen

       Cotton is found in great abundance here [Paytakaran] and wild barley.

   • 10th century, Movsēs Kałankatuacʿi, Patmutʿiwn Ałuanicʿ ašxarhi [The History of the Caucasian Albanians] I.93

     Գտանին ի նոսա նաւթ եւ աղ, ապրիշում եւ բամբակ

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: բամբակ ‎(bambak)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բամբակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բամբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 430a
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 116
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բամբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 401