Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From շուն (šun) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ վարդ (vard). Calque of translingual Rosa canina.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

շնավարդ (šnavard)

  1. (rare) dog rose, Rosa canina (shrub)
    Synonym: մասրենի (masreni)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “մասրենի շան”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 805a, page 65b
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, page 33