Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian սերկեւիլ (serkewil).

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Noun

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սերկևիլ (serkewil)

  1. quince (fruit)

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Related to Akkadian 𒄑𒄒𒆳𒊏 (/⁠supurgillu⁠/, quince), Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ (ˀespargəlā), Arabic سفرجل (safarjal, quince); all possibly ultimately borrowed from Hurro-Urartian.[1][2][3][4]

Noun

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սերկևիլ (serkewil)

  1. quince
    • 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of the Armenians] 644:[5][6]
      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.

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սերկեւիլ (serkewil)

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Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սերկևիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սերկևիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[4], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 29