մարդարիշար
Old Armenian
Etymology
A misspelling of *մարգաշիշայ (*margašišay), borrowed from Iranian – compare Persian مرقشیشا (marqašīšā, “marcasite”), itself from Semitic. See Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).
Noun
մարդարիշար • (mardarišar)
- a kind of aromatic found in India
- c. 600 CE – c. 670 CE, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography]
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մարդարիշար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 280b
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), “մարդարիշար”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 193