Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բանջար (banǰar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բանջար (banǰar)

  1. edible greens, vegetable
  2. (dialectal) the name of various plants

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: pencər
  • Northern Kurdish: pincar, pencar
  • Ottoman Turkish: پانجار (pancar) (see there for further descendants)
  • Zazaki: pencar

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բանջար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 409ab

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown.

Ačaṙean derives the related terms in Georgian, Turkish and Kurdish from Armenian.

Noun edit

բանջար (banǰar)

  1. vegetable, greens, herb
  2. (post-Classical) beet

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit