հաճարուկ
Old Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom հաճար- (hačar-, “beech tree”) + -ուկ (-uk, “diminutive suffix”).
Noun
editհաճարուկ • (hačaruk)
- Oriental beech, Fagus orientalis
- 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of the Armenians] 644:[1][2]
- Սոյնպէս կիտրոնն եւ ապաբաղսամոնն եւ դափնին եւ ձիթենին գեղեցիկ եւ սերկեւիլն եւ մուրտն եւ ընկոյզն եւ նուշն եւ քնարուկն եւ հաճարուկն եւ թութն եւ նուռնն եւ հոյնն:
- Soynpēs kitronn ew apabałsamonn ew dapʻnin ew jitʻenin gełecʻik ew serkewiln ew murtn ew ənkoyzn ew nušn ew kʻnarukn ew hačarukn ew tʻutʻn ew nuṙnn ew hoynn:
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- Likewise the lemon and balsamon, and laurel and beautiful olive tree, and quince and myrtle, and nut and almond, and lotus and holly, and mulberry and pomegranate and cornel tree.
- Սոյնպէս կիտրոնն եւ ապաբաղսամոնն եւ դափնին եւ ձիթենին գեղեցիկ եւ սերկեւիլն եւ մուրտն եւ ընկոյզն եւ նուշն եւ քնարուկն եւ հաճարուկն եւ թութն եւ նուռնն եւ հոյնն:
Usage notes
editAttested only in Agatʻangełos. Others identify with butcher's broom, box holly, Ruscus aculeatus.[3]
Descendants
edit- ⇒? Armenian: հաճարկի (hačarki)
References
edit- ^ Agatʻangełos (1909) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Kanayeancʻ, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.2)[1], Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 330
- ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The teaching of Saint Gregory (Avant: Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition; 1), revised edition, New Rochelle, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, page 206
- ^ Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “հաճարուկ”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names[2], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 3015, page 518
Further reading
edit- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հաճար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 16a
- Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “հաճարուկ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1609, page 353
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “հաճարուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 10ab
- Greppin, John A. C. (1983) “The Armenian botanical terms hačar, hačari and hačaruk”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes, volume 17, pages 13–17, preferring an identification with butcher's broom
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 694–695, 762