դարբին

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) blacksmith, smith

Etymology
The origin is. The only explanation to account for both root and suffix both phonetically and semantically is found in Nielsen 2023, which explains it as a borrowing from an unattested Urartian equivalent of Hurrian. Cognate with 🇨🇬, likely itself a loan from. Alternatively derived from + unparalleled **-rin(o/eh₂) <  (Caland adjectivalizer) +  (material adjectivalizer), as a cognate of 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Even without a PIE derivation, it could still be related to faber as a Mediterranean-Pontic word, together with broader cognates like 🇨🇬.
 * Nielsen: Hurian a deverbal noun from / +  (agentive participle suffix); Armenian darbin borrowed before the Armenian *-br- > -rb- metathesis from Urartian **dabrinni equivalent to Hurrian  <  +  (individualizing suffix).
 * Martirosyan: Armenian darbin from oblique *dʰabʰ-r- + -; Hurrian borrowed through Urartian from Armenian.

Noun

 * 1) blacksmith

Usage notes
In some attested passages Martirosyan sees the additional sense “heathen priest; poet”, which possibly originates from the Indo-European tradition.