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ցիրդ

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown. Petersson compares to Sanskrit सिध्रक (sidhraka, “a kind of tree”) and derives from Proto-Indo-European *sḱidʰ-ro-. Adoncʿ and Kapancjan compare to Akkadian 𒄑𒋛𒅕𒁺 (GIŠsi.ir.du /⁠sirdu⁠/), a kind of oil-producing tree nowadays identified with the olive-tree. Perhaps somehow connected to Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Noun edit

ցիրդ • (cʻird)

  1. savin, Juniperus sabina[1]
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] Book III.Chapter 45:
      Սակայն եւ ոչ այն ինչ վնասեաց․ քանզի յոյժ ի բացեայ պահէր ցիրդն։
      Sakayn ew očʻ ayn inčʻ vnaseacʻ; kʻanzi yoyž i bacʻeay pahēr cʻirdn.
      • Translation by Robert Thomson
        But this brought no harm because the brambles kept it well away.

Usage notes edit

Has been alternatively identified with the cade (Juniperus oxycedrus) and the large-fruited juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa).[2]

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: ցիրտ (cʻirt)

References edit

  1. ^ 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]‎[1] (in Armenian), Constantinople: K. ew M.Y. Kʻēšišean, pages 60, 61
  2. ^ Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia‎[2], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, §§ 13–14, page 30

Further reading edit

More information
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցիրդ”, 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, page 457a
  • Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2008) Erker. hat. G., Hayerenagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume III, Armenian Language Studies]‎[3] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 391
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ցիրդ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 3020, page 621
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ցրտկենի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 3030, page 625
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցիրդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “J. Sabina”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names‎[4], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 1981, page 342
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 1, pages 15–16, printed ցրդենոյ պտուղ (cʻrdenoy ptuł)
  • Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 170
  • 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 438
  • Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 36
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցիրդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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