Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian սոնիճ (sonič).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սոնիճ (sonič)

  1. nigella, Nigella[1] (plant and spice)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “սոնիճ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian, from Middle Iranian. Doublet of շոնիզ (šoniz). See Arabic شُونِيز (šūnīz) for more.

Noun edit

սոնիճ (sonič)

  1. black cumin, Nigella sativa

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սոնիճ (sonič)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սոնիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սոնիճ”, 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 273
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “սոնիճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սոնիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy