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From аш (aš, “work”) + бал (bal, “doer”).
ашбал • (ašbal) (Vartashen)
- worker, laborer
- Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “ашбал”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary][1], Baku: Academy Press, page 56