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Where does “բարբառ” come from?

բարբառ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian բարբառ, from Old Armenian բառ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

բարբառ (Armenian): dialect; language; speech; word

Definitions

  1. dialect; language; speech; word

Ancestry of “բարբառ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianբարբառhuman voice, speech, word
2Old Armenianբառword; language, speech; melody, tune
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—
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