ԲՈՌ Drone

[Arpa]

ԲՈՌ -Drone

 

A male bee.

 

Please pardon me if I sound like a drone. Whether we like this post or we think it is yet another BORRING drone!

 

Why is this UAV/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle named so?

It may best be described as a contradiction in terms. Unlike the unproductive and non-stinging male bee, the mechanical one is both quiet, stinging and productive(destructive).

Many sites redirect us to the German word “drohne” to mean the same as male bee as well. Had the Germans already devised the Drone during WWII?

 

http://www.news.az/photos/page-photo/16042.jpg

 

http://www.news.az/photos/page-photo/16042.jpg

 

a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen

In addition to the male honeybee;

The male sex of social Hymenopterans, such as a

Drone (bee) male wasp

male ant

 

Drone Bee

http://informedfarmers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bees-drone.jpg

 

http://edgar.marukyan.com/2010/04/blog-post_11.html

 

http://informedfarmers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bees-drone.jpg

 

In the Armenian there are several words for Drone, the male bee. The most common of them seems to be ԲՈՌ/Borr.

ԲՈՌ= Իշամեղու, բորեխ, պիծակ: Հնխ (PIE) Bhor. It goes further back that it is found in the Sanskrit as “bam-bhara= bee.

**Remember this When we come to the Duduk, bagpipe and parkabzzuk/պարկաբզուկ.

 

Some synonyms-

ԲՈՌ= Բորեխ, բրետ, գորէխ, իշամեղու, ձիաստաց, ձիապիծակ, ձիաբոռ, պիծակ, շնաճանճ, մոլոզան, մոզ, կնետ

Please note.It took me a while to see that ԿՆԵՏ is from the English "gnat", which in fact is pronounced as "nat".

Definition of GNAT : any of various small usually biting dipteran flies. Origin of GNAT-Middle English, from Old English gnætt; akin to Old English gnagan to gnaw

 

I did not know any of the above except գորեխ/gorekh to mean wasp/ishameghu/իշամեշու.

 

Wasp- Ishameghu.

No, it does not mean “White Anglo Saxon Protestant”

 

http://pestcontrolnewmarket.com/images/wasp.jpg

 

“Drone- an instrument or part of an instrument (as one of the fixed-pitch pipes of a bagpipe)”

 

Definition of DRONE

1 : a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen

2 : one that lives on the labors of others : parasite

3 : an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control

 

http://zangezur.tripod.com/music/duduk.html

Getting back to Sanskrit word for bee.

]b]“bam-bhara= bee.[/b]

The backup duduk is known as “Դամ/Տամ/dam/Բամ/Bam”. Is it like the Sanskrit “bam”?

Pardon me. It sounds like “dumb”.

 

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=18633&pid=249013&st=20entry249013

 

Bagpipe drone;

 

 

Duduk background Drone- Dam/Bam

 

 

See #s 155, 156 … here; To not forget Gamavor‘s favorite-“bambir”.

See # 24 here;

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=18633&pid=249013&st=20entry249013

 

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=16422&st=140

Բամբ/Bamb

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=18633&st=20

 

The duduk is typically played in pairs with the lead duduk playing the melody and the second duduk playing a sustained pitched called the dam. The dam is a tonic drone that serves as a constant counterpoint to the melody. The player of the dam, called damkash, maintains this drone by using a circular breathing technique. This procedure involves inhaling through the nose and storing the air in puffed up cheeks while maintaining lip pressure on the reed.

The duduk is also typically accompanied with a dhol, the double-sided Armenian drum. The dhol is known for its upbeat Armenian dance rhythms. However, even when the duduk is playing songs of lament the gentle touch of the dhol provides a suitable background.

 

First time I used the word. See #27 here;

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=54&st=20

 

Definition of DRONE

1 : a deep sustained or monotonous sound : hum

2 : an instrument or part of an instrument (as one of the fixed-pitch pipes of a bagpipe) that sounds a continuous unvarying tone

Edited September 28, 2011 by Arpa

[Sarkis11]

In the case of the airplane, the designation of “drone” has no relationship with the characteristics of the insect. In those days, 1920s and 1930s, De Havilland was code-naming its airplanes with insect names, such as Mosquito, Tiger Moth, Queen Bee, etc., for no special reason: it was completely arbitrary. This is a common custom in industry: people code-name their projects with words that often make no sense at all, just because the director of the division thought of it or his wife told him so, or it was their children's favorite pet. Among those airplanes they named their radio-controlled pilotless airplane “Drone.” By the time other companies began to make radio-controlled pilotless airplanes, the name had become a common noun and was being used by everybody to mean radio-controlled airplanes, and everybody called them “drones,” just like the last name of Charles Stent became the noun “stent.” There are many other examples that I can’t remember now.

 

I am not sure that I would translate the word to other languages. Do you translate “Microsoft Windows”? Do you translate “OS-X”? Do you translate “Volkswagen”?

 

But of course, if you did translate it, no matter what word you use, you would have to explain at length what you are referring to, because in other languages that word is not used for those airplanes. I would just call it “radio-controlled aircraft” instead of “drone” and translate that.

Edited September 28, 2011 by Sarkis11

[Arpa]

Thank you Sarkis for your prompt respond. You are right. You seem to be well versed in the Armenian Culture, please continue.

Many aircraft are naturally named for other flying animals be they birds or insects. See addendum below.

 

An aside. Above I did not suggest that we name those crafts have Armenian names, yet side labeling them with serial numbers with Armenian alpha numerical names, like " Borr A-001" etc. would not only educate us but the general public as well.

And, as long as this item in the Language category, let us go step beyond.

 

We will notice that ԲՌՌ, the male insect/drone is spelled with the hard R/Ռ in contrast to ԲՈՐ spelled with the soft R/Ր. The latter is in reference to leprosy as in բորոտ/borot/leper, which will take us even further to բորենի/hyena. We will see why under a separate topic.

 

The most fascinating of these is the Osprey, known as the Ջրարծիւ /Jrardziv /Water Eagle in the Armenian.

 

Please go here to see more Birds of Armenia and see what those birds below are known in the Armenian;

 

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=18513&st=0&p=246620&hl=birds&fromsearch=1entry246620

 

http://www.armeniabirding.info/galry.html

 

The vertical liftoff aircraft;

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/11/v22osprey01.jpg

The Bird;

http://www.bird-friends.com/pics/Osprey/Osprey3LR.jpg

 

Addendum. May be incomplete, yet. We will also get back and see the Armeinan names of the “bugs“ below;

Some aircraft named after birds:

Osprey

Hummingbird

Shrike

Albatross

Hawk

Falcon

Goshawk

Robin

Condor

Nightingale

Raven

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Some aircraft named after bugs:

Grasshopper

Mosquito

Hornet

Wasp

Moth

Black Widow