թմբլիկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sound-symbolic թմբլ- (tʻmbl-) +‎ -իկ (-ik). Compare Turkish tombul (“fat”), Ossetian тымбыл (tymbyl, “round”), Persian تنبل (tanbal, “lazy”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

թմբլիկ • (tʻmblik) (superlative ամենաթմբլիկ)

  1. chubby, plump

Declension

References

  • Asatrjan, G. (1988) “Суффиксальный элемент -l- и некоторые вопросы фоносемантики в армянском языке [The Suffixal Element -l- and Some Problems of Phonosemantics in the Armenian Language]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Russian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 164 of 160–178
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