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բլիթ

բլիթ

Armenian

Noun

բլիթ (blitʿ)

  1. kind of cake
  2. (pathology) small swelling

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan the basic meaning is ‘a soft lump of something; swelling; a roundish projecting part of the body’ ← ‘swollen, grown’ (compare բլթակ (bltʿak)). He derives the word from *բուլ (*bul), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-l-, from the root *bʰuH- (to grow), + -իթ (-itʿ).

Noun

բլիթ (blitʿ)

  1. roundish soft bread

Declension

Derived terms

  • բլթակ (bltʿak)
  • բլթենի (bltʿeni)
  • բլիթեան (blitʿean)
  • բլիթէն (blitʿēn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բլիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բլիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բլիթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “blit‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 177