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բու

բու

Armenian

Noun

բու (bu)

  1. owl

Declension

Usage notes

Used loosely for any member of the family Strigidae.


Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բու (bu).

Noun

բու (bu), genitive singular բուոյ (buoy)

  1. owl

Descendants

References


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • բբու (bbu)

Etymology

Of imitative origin. Compare Persian بوف (buf), Arabic بوم (būm), Ancient Greek βύας (búas), Latin bubo, Georgian ბუ (bu).

Noun

բու (bu)

  1. owl

Declension

Derived terms

  • բըւէճ (bəwēč)
  • բըւիճակ (bəwičak)
  • բուիճակ (buičak)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: բու (bu)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բու”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935