Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A ghost word found only in Ališan[1] and copied from there by later dictionaries.[2][3][4][5] According to Ališan, կապարասի (kaparasi) is found in a medieval plant list (hin bžškaran) as a synonym of Middle Armenian քուշտ (kʻušt), կոստ (kost, costus). The bžškaran in question is probably Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ, one of whose manuscripts has կապարասի (kaparasi) glossing Arabic այլաթուս (aylatʻus),[6] which other manuscripts explain by քապար (kʻapar, caper). This կապարասի (kaparasi) should be corrected to կապար ասի (kapar asi, is called caper). The reading կապարասի (kaparasi) and the meaning of "costus" are due to confusion.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կապարասի (kaparasi)

  1. costus (Costus)
    Synonym: քուշտ (kʻušt)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “կապարասի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1310, pages 296–297
  2. ^ Galfayean (Lusinean), Ambrosios (1900) “costus”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ patkerazard fransahay [Nouveau dictionnaire illustré français–arménien]‎[1], volume I, Paris: Typographie Morris père et fils, page 598c
  3. ^ Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “կապարասի”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names[2], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 1207, page 204
  4. ^ Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “կապարասի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 1692b
  5. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “կապարասի”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 547, page 46b
  6. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 27, page 32 not addressing the form կապարասի (kaparasi)

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