Armenian

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Etymology

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From փուշ (pʻuš, thorn) +‎ արմավ (armav, palm). Probably a calque of German Stechpalme, coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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փշարմավ (pʻšarmav) (rare)

  1. holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

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References

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  • Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors (1986), “փշարմավ”, in Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume 12, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʻyun, page 352b
  • Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Stechpalme”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch]‎[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 1341b
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “փշարմավ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 1240, page 98