թամահ

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طمع (tamah) or Azerbaijani tamah, ultimately from Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʕ).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /tʰɑˈmɑh/, [tʰɑmɑ́h]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /tɑˈmɑh/, [tʰɑmɑ́h]
  • Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

Noun

թամահ • (tʻamah) (dialectal, Ararat, Tbilisi, Karabakh, Nor Nakhichevan, Erzurum)

  1. greed, avarice, insatiable desire

Adjective

թամահ • (tʻamah) (dialectal)

  1. longing for, yearning for, lacking
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