բողջ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰoldʰyo-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell”), whence բոլոր (bolor). Cognate with Old Swedish bulde, bolde (“swelling, tumour”). Related to բողջն (boġǰn).

Noun

բողջ • (boġǰ)

1. swelling, tumour, wound

Derived terms

• բղջուն (bġǰun)

Descendants

• ⇒ Armenian: բողջոց (boġǰocʻ)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 182
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բողջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press