մաննեխ

մաննեխ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• մաննիխ (mannix)

Etymology

From Old Armenian մանանիխ (mananix).

Noun

մաննեխ • (mannex)

1. mustard (plant and seeds)
   • 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]

     ասփեկ = սպիտակ մաննեխ

     aspʿek = spitak mannex

     أَسْفَنْد‎ (ʾasfand)[2] [√ Persian اسپندان‎ (espandân)) = white mustard

Descendants

• Armenian: մա̈նիխ (mänix) (Svedia)

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, § 20, page 28
2. Abu Rejxan Beruni (1957–1987) Izbrannyje proizvedenija [Selected Works] (in Russian), Tashkent: Uzbek SSR Academy Press, § 49, page 193

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մանանիխ”, 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 251a
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “մաննեխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press