մարդարիշար
Old Armenian edit
Etymology edit
A misspelling of *մարգաշիշայ (*margašišay), borrowed from Iranian – compare Persian مرقشیشا (marqašišâ, “marcasite”), itself from Semitic. See Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).
Noun edit
մարդարիշար • (mardarišar)
- a kind of aromatic found in India
- 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Ašxarhacʻoycʻ [Geography]
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարդարիշար”, 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 280b
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “մարդարիշար”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 193