Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մուրտ (murt).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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մուրտ (murt)

  1. myrtle (shrub and berry)

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *mūrt: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mwlt'), Parthian 𐫖𐫇𐫇𐫡𐫅 (mwwrd), Persian مورد (murd), Old Georgian მურტი (murṭi), which are related to Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos). The Armenian is not from Greek, because then *միւրտ (*miwrt) is expected. մուրտաստան (murtastan) may be wholly borrowed from Iranian.

Noun

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մուրտ (murt)

  1. myrtle (shrub and berry)

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մուրտ (murt) (learned)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մուրտ”, 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, pages 364–365
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մուրտ”, 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 197
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1531, page 107
  • Laufer, Berthold (1919) Sino-Iranica: Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products (Fieldiana, Anthropology; 15), volume 3, Chicago: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, page 461, footnote 2
  • 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, page 895
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մուրտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy