աւշակ
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- օշակ (ōšak), օշախ (ōšax), աւշախ (awšax), օշաղ (ōšał), օշ (ōš), աւշ (awš), վաշակ (vašak), վաշախ (vašax), վաշաղ (vašał)
Etymology
From Arabic أُشَّق, وُشَّق (wuššaq). Some of the alternative forms are probably directly from the Middle Iranian source of the Arabic.
Noun
աւշակ • (awšak)
- gum ammoniac, ammoniacum
- 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :[1]
- ասաիճ (vars. ասայիճ, աստիճ) = վաշակ որ է օշ (vars. վաղակ որ է օշակ, վաշակն որ է աւշախն, վաշակ որ է աւշ)
- asaič (vars. asayič, astič) = vašak or ē ōš (vars. vałak or ē ōšak, vašakn or ē awšaxn, vašak or ē awš)
- أُشَّج = vašak which is the ōš
- ասաիճ (vars. ասայիճ, աստիճ) = վաշակ որ է օշ (vars. վաղակ որ է օշակ, վաշակն որ է աւշախն, վաշակ որ է աւշ)
- 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ zor əntrel en imastasērkʿn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʿ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[2]
- աւշակ = վաշակ
- awšak = vašak
- أُشَّق = vašak
- աւշակ = վաշակ
Descendants
- → Armenian: ավշակ (avšak)
References
- Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 162
- Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), separate reprint of the Handes Amsorya 109 (1995), 380–457 edition, Vienna: Mechitarist Press, § 29, page 33
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աւշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 362a
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 262
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “օշախ, օշակ, օշաղ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press