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单词 մեղրապոպ
释义

մեղրապոպ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մեղրապոպ (mełrapop).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [mɛʁɾɑˈpɔp]
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [mɛʁɾɑˈbɔb]

Noun

մեղրապոպ (mełrapop) (rare, literary)

  1. watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (plant and fruit)
    Synonym: ձմերուկ (jmeruk)

Declension


Old Armenian

FWOTD – 08 Aug 2021

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), whose first part was confused with μέλι (méli, honey) and replaced with մեղր (mełr, honey).

Noun

մեղրապոպ (mełrapop)

  1. a variety of melon (Cucumis melo), namely perhaps the շամամ (šamam), apple melon (Cucumis melo var. dudaim)
    Hypernym: սեխ (sex)
    • 5th century, Bible, Numbers 11.5:[1]
      Զի յիշեցաք զձուկնն, զոր ուտէաք յԵգիպտոս ձրի, եւ զսեխն եւ զմեղրապոպ (var. զմեղրապողն, զմեղապոպ) եւ զպրասն եւ զսոխն եւ զխստոր։
      Zi yišecʿakʿ zjuknn, zor utēakʿ yEgiptos jri, ew zsexn ew zmełrapop (var. zmełrapołn, zmełapop) ew zprasn ew zsoxn ew zxstor.
      • Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
        We remembered the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic.

Usage notes

In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn).

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մեղրապոպ (mełrapop) (learned)

References

  1. Zēytʿunean A. S., editor (1998) Girkʿ Tʿuocʿ [Book of Numbers] (Hay hnagoyn tʿargmanakan yušarjanner), critical text, Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, page 104

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), մեղրապոպ”, 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 303ab
  • Ališan, Łewond (1895), մեղրապոպ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2047, page 433
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), մեղրապոպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 250a
  • Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894), մեղրապոպ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʿ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Tparan G. Paɫtatlean, page 331
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 373
  • 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 926
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