بلنجاسپ

Persian

Alternative forms

• بیرنجاسب (birenjâsb), برنجاسب (birinjāsb), برنجاسف (birinjāsf), برنجاسه (birīnjāsa), بلنجاسف (bilinjāsf)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain, but possibly بالنگ (bâlang, “citron; cucumber”) or بادرنگ (bâdrang, “cucumber; lemon”) +‎ اسپ (asp, “horse”), the first element generic for any plant of penetrative smell—as بلنجمشک (balanjmošk, “lemon balm”, literally “lemon musk”)— and the second because horses are naturally attracted to artemisias in cases of digestive issues. However see a different termination in Middle Armenian բարձուենեկ (barjuenek).

Noun

بلنجاسپ • (balanjâsp)

1. mugwort
2. southernwood

Descendants

• → Arabic: بِرِنْجَاسَف (birinjāsaf), بِلِنْجَاسَف (bilinjāsaf), فِرِنْجَاسَف (firinjāsaf)
• → Classical Syriac: ܒܪܢܓܣܦ (brngsp), ܦܠܢܓܣܦ (plngsp)
• → Middle Armenian: պարանճասիֆ (parančasif)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “برنجاسب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 179
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بلنجاسپ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 198
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بيرنجاسب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 219
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բրնջաս”, 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 493b
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 133