Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian զրիշկ (zrišk).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

զրիշկ (zrišk)

  1. common barberry, Berberis vulgaris
    Synonyms: կծոխուր (kcoxur), ծոր (cor), (plant) ծորենի (coreni)

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Further reading edit

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian زرشک (zirišk).

Noun edit

զրիշկ (zrišk)

  1. common barberry, Berberis vulgaris
    Synonyms: կոծոխուր (kocoxur), ծոր (cor)
    • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] :[1][2]
      Անպարպարիս․ որ է զրիշկն, եւ հ. ծոր, կարպարիսա ասեն․ յիշած է ի վերայ պէին, Աստուծով։
      Anparparis; or ē zriškn, ew h. cor, karparisa asen; yišac ē i veray pēin, Astucov.
      Anparparis = Is the zrišk. In Armenian it is called cor, karparisa. It is mentioned under p, godspeed.

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: զրիշկ (zrišk), զիրիշք (ziriškʻ)

References edit

  1. ^ Basmaǰean, K. Y., editor (1926), Amirtovlatʻi Amasiacʻwoy angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses of Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi]‎[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 201, page 56
  2. ^ Vardanjan, Stella (1990) Амирдовлат Амасиаци, Ненужное для неучей (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, § 129, page 52

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զրիշկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 112ab
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “զրիշկ, զրեշկ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 729, page 176
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 31–32
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 265
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “զրիշկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 210a