Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠ādurgōn, ādurgōnag⁠/, a kind of flower, perhaps marigold or poppy),[1][2] Persian آذرگون (âzargun, fiery; Calendula officinalis), Northern Kurdish argon (of fiery colour). For the constituents see ատր- (atr-, fire) and գոյն (goyn, colour). Compare the loanwords from the same Iranian compound: Old Georgian ადრაგუნი (adraguni, a kind of flower),[3] Arabic آذَرْيُون (ʔāḏaryūn, Calendula officinalis), and possibly also the female given name Ահգուն (Ahgun).

Adjective

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ատրագոյն (atragoyn)

  1. of fiery colour
    Synonym: հրագոյն (hragoyn)
  2. a kind of flower, perhaps pheasant's eye, Adonis

Usage notes

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The flower name is included in Haybusak based on St. Šēhrimanean's collection, who identifies it with pheasant's eye.[4] This is followed by Bedevian.[5] It is unknown to which language period the flower name belongs.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ատրագույն (atraguyn)

References

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  1. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1868) Der Bundehesh, Leipzig: F.C.W. Vogel, page 57b
  2. ^ West, E. W. (1880) Pahlavi Texts. Part I. The Bundahis, Bahman Yast, and Shâyast Lâ-Shâyast (The Sacred Books of the East; 5), Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 104
  3. ^ Čubinov, David (1840) “ადრაგუნი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 5b
  4. ^ Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ատրագոյն”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 187, page 53
  5. ^ Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “A. microcarpa”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names[1], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 124, page 21

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ատրագոյն”, 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 289–290
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ատրագոյն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1955) “Indo-Iranian Studies III”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, page 82
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 110
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 516
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ատրագոյն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy