Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian 𐫘𐫡𐫇 (srw /⁠sarw⁠/), Persian سرو (sarw), and the Arabic loanword سَرْو (sarw, cypress). See the latter for more. For the form սարուէն (saruēn) and the like compare Classical Syriac ܫܱܪܘܱܝܢܳܐ (šarwēnā, Cupressus sempervirens). See also սարդ (sard).

Noun edit

սարոյ (saroy)

  1. cypress, Cupressus
    Synonym: նոճ (noč)

Usage notes edit

Older sources are uncertain about the species of the tree.[3][4][5][6][7] Artʿinean has definitively shown that it was the cypress.[8]

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: նոճսարի (nočsari)
  • Old Georgian: საროჲ (saroy, cypress)

References edit

  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen[1], Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 67
  2. ^ Eremia Meġrecʻi (1728) “սարուէն”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Armenian), Constantinople: tp. Martiros Sargseani, page 571
  3. ^ Kʻaǰuni, Manuēl (1893) “սարոյ”, in Baṙgirkʻ aruesticʻ ew gitutʻeancʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ. Hamaṙōt baṙgirkʻ gitutʻeancʻ ew aruesticʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ hayerēn-gałłieren [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres. Concise Armenian–French Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres], volume III (overall work in Old Armenian and French), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 216
  4. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “սարոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 701b
  5. ^ Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սարոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 635b
  6. ^ Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “սարոյ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 717b
  7. ^ J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “սարոյ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1240b
  8. ^ Artʻinean, Yovhannēs (1913) Astuacašunčʻi tunkerə usumnasiruac mer naxneacʻ tʻargmanutʻean vray [Les plantes de la Bible d’après la version Arménienne du Ve siècle par le docteur Johannès Artignan]‎[3] (in Armenian), Constantinople: K. ew M.Y. Kʻēšišean, pages 99–110

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սարոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 189–190
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 237