ձիաբոռ

Armenian

Etymology

A modern literary formation as ձի (ji) + -ա- (-a-) + բոռ (boṙ).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ
  • Hyphenation: ձի‧ա‧բոռ

Noun

ձիաբոռ (jiaboṙ)

  1. hornet, Vespa crabro
    Synonym: ձիաստաց (jiastacʿ)
    • 1992, Osip Mandelstam, Banasteġcutʿyunner :
      Մուգ կանաչ խոտերի մեջ բզզում էին հեծանիվները՝ զբոսայգու մետաղյա ձիաբոռեր։
      Mug kanačʿ xoteri meǰ bzzum ēin hecanivnerə, zbosaygu metaġya jiaboṙer.
      In the deep green foliage bicycles buzzed — the metal hornets of the park.

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