Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian թթռկիչ (tʻtʻṙkičʻ), թթռնիճ (tʻtʻṙnič), թթռնուկ (tʻtʻṙnuk), թրկիճ (tʻrkič), թրթուիճ (tʻrtʻuič), թաթառիճ (tʻatʻaṙič), թրթկիճ (tʻrtʻkič), թրթճուկ (tʻrtʻčuk), of unknown origin. Compare Old Armenian թթու (tʻtʻu, sour), Northern Kurdish tirşik, tirşing, tirşok, turşke (Rumex), Classical Persian ترشک (turšak), ترشه (toroša, Rumex)․ The Iranian words derive from the word for "sour": see ترش (torš).

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Noun edit

թրթնջուկ (tʻrtʻnǰuk)

  1. sorrel, Rumex acetosa
    Coordinate term: ավելուկ (aveluk)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 21:[1]
      թրթնճուկ․ ացէթօզայ
      tʻrtʻnčuk; acʻētʻōzay
      թրթնճուկ (tʻrtʻnčuk) = acetosa
    • 1789, Petros Kʿalantʿarean (J̌ułayecʿi), Bžškaran hamaṙōt [Brief Medical Book] :[2]
      Ացէթօզէ․ է թրթնջուկ կոչեցեալ խոտն թթուաշ․ որ ըստ ռուսաց ասի շաւէլ․ դեղ՝ ընդդէմ մաղձի։
      Acʻētʻōzē; ē tʻrtʻnǰuk kočʻecʻeal xotn tʻtʻuaš; or əst ṙusacʻ asi šawēl; deġ, ənddēm maġji.

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References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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), Leuven: Peeters, page 223
  2. ^ Kʻalantʻarean, Petros (1793) Bžškaran hamaṙōt [Brief Medical Book] (in Armenian), Nor Nakhichevan: tp. S. Xačʻ vankʻi, page 90

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թրթնջուկ”, 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 214ab
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “Թթռկիչ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 788–89, pages 189–190
  • Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 111
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թրթնջուկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 277a
  • Kasımoğlu, Ahmet, Dirihî, Ehmedê (2013) Kadri Yıldırım, editor, Ferhenga Navên Nebatan a Kurdî [Dictionary of Kurdish Plant Names]‎[1], Istanbul: Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi, →ISBN, page 1148
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “ավելուկ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 82, page 12a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “թթռկիչ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan