նշդարի
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- նշդարենի (nšdareni)
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian ناشتر (nāštar, “spruce that lives up to 500 years”), possibly related to نوش (nuš) and literally meaning "immortal tree".[1][2][3][4] Formed with the botanical suffix + -ի (-i).
Noun
նշդարի • (nšdari)
- a kind of tree, variously identified as spruce, Picea or hornbeam, Carpinus
Declension
o-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | նշդարի (nšdari) | նշդարիք (nšdarikʿ) | |
| genitive | նշդարւոյ (nšdarwoy) | նշդարեաց (nšdareacʿ) | |
| dative | նշդարւոյ (nšdarwoy) | նշդարեաց (nšdareacʿ) | |
| accusative | նշդարի (nšdari) | նշդարիս (nšdaris) | |
| ablative | նշդարւոյ (nšdarwoy) | նշդարեաց (nšdareacʿ) | |
| instrumental | նշդարեաւ (nšdareaw) | նշդարեաւք = նշդարեօք (nšdareawkʿ = nšdareōkʿ) | |
| locative | նշդարի (nšdari) | նշդարիս (nšdaris) |
Derived terms
- Middle Armenian: նշդարի (nšdari), նշդարենի (nšdareni), նշդար (nšdar), նշդարինի (nšdarini), ճշդար (čšdar), ճշդարենի (čšdareni), ճշդենի (čšdeni)
- → Armenian: նշդարի (nšdari), նշդարենի (nšdareni)
References
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “նշդարի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 575b
- Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1982) Očerki po istorii leksiki pamirskix jazykov. Nazvanija kulʹturnyx rastenij [Essays on the history of Pamir languages. Names of cultivated plants] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
- Mkrtčʿyan, Nerses (2004), “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʿumner [Philological Corrections and Additions]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 3, page 183
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “նշդարի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 571a
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “նշդարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936), “Carpinus Betulus”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names, Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 874, page 147
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981), “նշդարի”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, page 71b
- Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “նշդարի”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 291a
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (1884), “ճշդար”, in Baṙagirkʿ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 471
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նշդարի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy