հարկուտի

հարկուտի

Old Armenian

Etymology

Unknown. Found only in a medieval Arabic–Armenian botanical dictionary. Both the Arabic term and its Armenian translation are unclear.

Noun

հարկուտի • (harkuti)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 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] :[1]

     Շիրամշուճ (manuscript variants: շիրամշուջ, շիրամղուճ)· հարկուտի։

     Širamšuč (manuscript variants: širamšuǰ, širamłuč)· harkuti.

References

1. 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, § 127, page 94

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շիրամշուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 520b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “հարկուտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 60b, amending to *շիրամշուղ (*širamšuł) (= Turkish sarmaşık) and glossing as բաղեղ (bałeł, “ivy”)
• Amalyan, H. M. (1966) Miǰnadaryan Hayastani baṙaranagrakan hušarjannerə (V—XV dd.) [Lexicographic Monuments of Medieval Armenia (V—XV centuries)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 201
• Ališan, Łewond (1895), “հարկուտի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1652, page 361
• Ališan, Łewond (1895), “շիրամշուն”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2315, page 486