Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ցրդի (cʻrdi).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ցրդի (cʻrdi)

  1. savin, Juniperus sabina
    Synonym: ցրդենի (cʻrdeni)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: çirti

Further reading edit

  • 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
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 145

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

ցիրդ (cʻird) +‎ (-i)

Noun edit

ցրդի (cʻrdi)

  1. savin, Juniperus sabina
    • 5th century, Bible, Isaiah 55.13:
      Եւ փոխանակ ցրդւոյն նոճ բուսցի, եւ փոխանակ դժնկին՝ մուրտ ելցէ․ եւ եղիցի Տեառն յանուն եւ ի նշան յաւիտենից, եւ մի՛ պակասեսցէ։
      Ew pʻoxanak cʻrdwoyn noč buscʻi, ew pʻoxanak džnkin, murt elcʻē; ew ełicʻi Teaṙn yanun ew i nšan yawitenicʻ, ew mí pakasescʻē.
      And instead of the cʻrdi shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.

Usage notes edit

In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek στοιβή (stoibḗ).

Declension edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • 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