Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բորակ (borak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բորակ (borak)

  1. niter, saltpeter, potassium nitrate
  2. borax

Usage notes edit

The բորակ (borak) from Lake Van is used in laundry.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Northern Kurdish: p’arak (Moks)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բորակ”, 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 475ab

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *bōrak. See Persian بوره (bure) for more.

Noun edit

բորակ (borak)

  1. borax, niter
    • 5th century, Bible, Jeremiah 2.22:
      Եթէ լուասցիս բարակաւ, եւ յաճախեսցես քեզ աճառ, սակայն ծրդեալ կաս յանիրաւութիւնս քո առաջի իմ, ասէ Տէր Տէր։
      Etʿē luascʿis barakaw, ew yačaxescʿes kʿez ačaṙ, sakayn crdeal kas yanirawutʿiwns kʿo aṙaǰi im, asē Tēr Tēr.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        Though thou shouldest wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself soap, still thou art stained by thine iniquities before me, saith the Lord.
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 106:[1]
      Ես ետ հրաման բերել աղ եւ բորակ եւ բարկ քացախ, եւ ընկենուլ զնա յորսայս, եւ դնել փող եղեգան ի քիթս նորա, եւ արկանել զայն ընդ քիթս նորա։
      Es et hraman berel ał ew borak ew bark kʿacʿax, ew ənkenul zna yorsays, ew dnel pʿoł ełegan i kʿitʿs nora, ew arkanel zayn ənd kʿitʿs nora.
      • Translation by R. W. Thomson
        And he ordered salt and borax and rough vinegar to be brought, and for him to be turned on his back, his head to be placed in a carpenter's vice, and a reed tube to be put in his nose, and this liquid to be poured down his nose.
    • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :[2]
      նիտրոն = բորակ
      nitron = borak
      νίτρον (nítron) = borak

Usage notes edit

In the Bible and Galen, translates Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron).

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians[1], Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 120–121
  2. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen[2], Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 80

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բորակ”, 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 475ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բորակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 507b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 122
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “բորակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 105a