Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian անտառ (antaṙ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

անտառ (antaṙ)

  1. forest, wood

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain.[1][2][3][4] The attempt[5][6][7] to explain as inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (together) + *dóru (tree) is phonetically irregular, so is the proposed[8] connection to Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron).

Perhaps a Semitic borrowing: compare Akkadian 𒄑𒄟 (GEŠILDAG2 /⁠adāru, atāru, aṭāru⁠/, an indigenous tree, probably Populus euphratica), whence Classical Syriac ܐܳܕܰܪ (ʾāḏar). See the Syriac entry for more.

Noun edit

անտառ (antaṙ)

  1. forest
  2. (rare) wood (material)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անտառ (antaṙ) (learned)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “անտառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 211ab
  2. ^ Saradževa, L. A. (1981) “Сравнительно-типологическое исследование индоевропейской ботанической терминологии в древнеармянском и славянских языках [A comparative-typological study of Indo-European botanical terminology in Old Armenian and Slavic languages]”, in Этимология[1] (in Russian), number 1979, Moscow: Nauka, pages 163–164, footnote 35
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 935
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “antaṙ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 95–96
  5. ^ Bugge, Sophus (1890) Etruskisch und Armenisch: Sprachvergleichende Forschungen (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 86
  6. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 118, 245, 258, 259
  7. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “անտառ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 62b
  8. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1952) “Haykakankʻ Tʻ [Armeniaca IX]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences]‎[3] (in Armenian), number 11, pages 72–73 = Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 671

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անտառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Marr, N. (1912) “Яфетические элементы в языках Армении. III [Japhethic Elements in the Languages of Armenia. III]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия[4] (in Russian), volume 6, number 8, page 597 of 595–600, connects with Georgian ტევრი (ṭevri)