ցիրդ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Petersson compares to Sanskrit सिध्रक (sidhraka, “a kind of tree”) and derives from Proto-Indo-European *sḱidʰ-ro-.^[1] Perhaps somehow connected to Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Noun

ցիրդ • (cʻird)

savin, Juniperus sabina^[2]
- 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

Has been alternatively identified with the cade (Juniperus oxycedrus) and the large-fruited juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa).^[3]

Derived terms

ցրդենի (cʻrdeni)
ցրդի (cʻrdi)

Descendants

Middle Armenian: ցիրտ (cʻirt)

References

^ Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 36
^ 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] (in Armenian), Constantinople: K. ew M.Y. Kʻēšišean, pages 60, 61
^ Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia‎^[1] (in Italian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, §§ 13–14, page 30

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]‎^[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 391, compares to Akkadian 𒄑𒋛𒅕𒁺 (^GIŠsi.ir.du /⁠sirdu⁠/), a kind of oil-producing tree nowadays identified with the olive-tree.
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^[3], 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

[1] Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 36

[2] 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] (in Armenian), Constantinople: K. ew M.Y. Kʻēšišean, pages 60, 61

[3] Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia‎^[1] (in Italian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, §§ 13–14, page 30

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