Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ամիճ (amič).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ամիճ (amič)

  1. (dated) a certain dainty dish containing game meat

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A Middle Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian ʾmyc (āmiz) and see it for more.

Noun edit

ամիճ (amič)

  1. a certain dainty dish containing game meat
    • 5th century, Pʿawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʿiwnʿ [History of the Armenians] V.7:[1]
      Եւ ի ժամ աղանդեր մատուցանելոյ՝ եդին առաջի նորա միրգ, խնձոր եւ վարունգ եւ ամիճ, զի կերիցէ․
      Ew i žam ałander matucʿaneloy, edin aṙaǰi nora mirg, xnjor ew varung ew amič, zi kericʿē;
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        And at the time for the presentation of dessert, they placed fruit before [Aršak]—apples and cucumbers and amič, that he might eat.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ամիճ (amič)

References edit

  1. ^ Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)[1], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 199

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) “ամիճ”, 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, pages 156–157