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A dialectal term, unattested in Old or Middle Armenian. The earliest attestation is in Vilotte's Latin–Armenian dictionary of 1714.[2] Recorded inter alia in the dialects of Yerevan, Tiflis and Karabakh, in the latter also as տա̈՛նդօ̈ռնը (tä́ndöṙnə), which may point to older *դանդուռն (*danduṙn).[3] Ačaṙean compares with Mush dialect տանդռնիկ (tandṙnik, a kind of wild edible green) and Yerevan dialect դանդռի ծաղիկ (dandṙi caġik, a kind of garden flower).[3] The plant name թանթռնիկ (tʻantʻṙnik) is probably the same word with the diminutive suffix -իկ (-ik), reflecting a Western dialect pronunciation.

The origin is unknown. Obviously connected with synonymous Georgian დანდური (danduri), Ingiloy dialect დანდრანუკა (dandranuḳa), Udi тӏаьнтӏоьр (ṭänṭör), the latter probably borrowed from the Karabakh dialect. Compare further Pashto تندولی (tandólaj, purslane).

According to Asatrian, who does not cite the related forms in other languages, probably a substrate term (from Hurrian?), as the ending -ուռ (-uṙ) shows; compare Hurrian -uri, -ori, attested in Old Armenian խնձոր (xnjor, apple) and սալոր (salor, plum).[4]

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դանդուռ (danduṙ)

  1. purslane, Portulaca[5]
    1. common purslane, Portulaca oleracea[6]
  2. (Karabakh, figuratively) something soft and tender
    տա̈՛նդօ̈ռ շինիլtä́ndöṙ šinilto subdue, tame
    տա̈՛նդօ̈ռ տըէռնալtä́ndöṙ təēṙnalto become subdued, tamed

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  1. ^ Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “տա̈՛նդօ̈ռ(նը)”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 709b
  2. ^ Villotte, Jacques (1714) “portulaca”, in Dictionarium Novum Latino-Armenium [New Latin–Armenian Dictionary]‎[1], Rome: Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, page 568a
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “դանդուռ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 265–266
  4. ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2012) “Marginal remarks on the history of some Persian words”, in Iran and the Caucasus[2], volume 16, number 1, page 115
  5. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “դանդուռ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 251, page 24a
  6. ^ Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “P. oleracea var. sativa”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names[3], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 2806, page 481