Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian փունջ (pʻunǰ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փունջ (pʻunǰ)

  1. bouquet; bunch
  2. tassel

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: ფუნჯი (punǯi)
  • Udi: пундж (punǯ)

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown. Has been compared to Persian پنچه (ponča, front, forehead; forelocks, ringlets hanging down the forehead).

Noun edit

փունջ (pʻunǰ)

  1. stalk of corn
  2. bouquet; bunch

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փունջ”, 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 524b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փունջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “փունջ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 768b
  • 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 954
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փունջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Tʻireakʻean, Yarutʻiwn (1914) “փունջ”, in Ariahay baṙaran : Norog tesutʻeambkʻ ew yaweluacovkʻ [Armeno-Aryan Dictionary] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 368