ատրագոյն

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠ādurgōn, ādurgōnag⁠/, “a kind of flower, perhaps marigold or poppy”),^[1]^[2] Persian (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

ատրագոյն • (atragoyn)

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

Usage notes

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

i-type

	singular	plural
nominative	ատրագոյն (atragoyn)	ատրագոյնք (atragoynkʻ)
genitive	ատրագունի (atraguni)	ատրագունից (atragunicʻ)
dative	ատրագունի (atraguni)	ատրագունից (atragunicʻ)
accusative	ատրագոյն (atragoyn)	ատրագոյնս (atragoyns)
ablative	ատրագունէ (atragunē)	ատրագունից (atragunicʻ)
instrumental	ատրագունիւ (atraguniw)	ատրագունիւք (atraguniwkʻ)
locative	ատրագունի (atraguni)	ատրագոյնս (atragoyns)

Related terms

ատրագունակ (atragunak)
ատր- (atr-)
գոյն (goyn)

Descendants

→ Armenian: ատրագույն (atraguyn)

References

^ Justi, Ferdinand (1868) Der Bundehesh, Leipzig: F.C.W. Vogel, page 57b
^ 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
^ Čubinov, David (1840) “ადრაგუნი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 5b
^ Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ատրագոյն”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 187, page 53
^ Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “A. microcarpa”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names‎^[1], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 124, page 21

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

[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

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