Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կնդրուկ (kndruk).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կնդրուկ (kndruk)

  1. frankincense

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwndl /⁠kundur⁠/, frankincense), Persian کندر (kondor) and see the latter for more.

Noun edit

կնդրուկ (kndruk)

  1. frankincense
    կնդրուկ երեւելիkndruk erewelipure frankincense
    • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :[1]
      Ղիբոն (vars. ղոբոն, մազգի)՝ կնդրուկ։
      Łibon (vars. łobon, mazgi), kndruk.
      λιβανωτός (libanōtós) = frankincense
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ zor əntrel en imastasērkʿn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʿ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[2][3]
      Լուկուան՝ սպիտակ կնդրուկ (var. կնտրուկ)։
      Lukuan, spitak kndruk (var. kntruk).
      لُبَان (lubān) (?) = white frankincense

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կնդրուկ (kndruk)
  • Middle Armenian: կնտրուկ (kntruk)

References edit

  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen[1], Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 72
  2. ^ 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, § 6, page 19
  3. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1925) Kʻnnadatutʻiwn Haybusaki [A Critique of Haybusak] (Azgayin matenadaran; 109) (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 83–89, correcting the confusion in the manuscript, by substituting լուկուան (lukuan) for ալարտիմիսա (alartimisa) = أَرْتِمِيسِيَا (ʔartimīsiyā)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կնդրուկ”, 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 607b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կնդրուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 172
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 589, 888
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կնդրուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy