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Where does “արբ” come from?

արբ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian արբ-, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥bʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- — to sip, gulp, suck.

արբ (Old Armenian): feasting, getting drunk; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. feasting, getting drunk; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “արբ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianարբ-to drink; to get drunk
2Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥bʰ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansrebʰ-to sip, gulp, suck
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