gembol

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian գամփռ (gampʻṙ).

Noun

gembol m

1. watchdog, shepherd's dog

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գամփռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 510a
• Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 366b
• Rhea, Samuel A. (1872–1880) “Brief Grammar and Vocabulary of the Kurdish Language of the Hakari District”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 10, page 140a