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Where does “արբենամ” come from?

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

արբենամ (Old Armenian): to get drunk, to intoxicate, to drink to excess

Definitions

  1. to get drunk, to intoxicate, to drink to excess

Ancestry of “արբենամ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “արբենամ”

  • գնարբուկ
  • արբենալ
  • արբենալ
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