շոմին
Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Classical Persian شومین (šomīn, “spinach”).
Noun
շոմին • (šomin)
- spinach, Spinacia oleracea
- 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]
- ասփանախ = շոմին
- aspʿanax = šomin
- إِسْفَانَاخ (ʾisfānāḵ) = spinach
- ասփանախ = շոմին
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “շոմին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “շոմին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “շոմին”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “շոմին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
References
- 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, § 18, page 27