սատփիլ

սատփիլ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Unknown. Found only in a medieval Arabic–Armenian botanical dictionary. Both the Arabic term and its Armenian translation are unclear. Greppin tentatively identifies the Arabic with أَسْقْلِيفِيَاس‎ (ʾasqlīfiyās) (Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás))[1] and the Armenian with սատիլ (satil).

Noun

սատփիլ • (satpʿil)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 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] :[2]

     ասլունաթար = սատփիլ (var. աստփիլ)

     aslunatʿar = satpʿil (var. astpʿil)

References

1. Ibn el-Beïthar (1877), Lucien Leclerc, editor, Traité des simples (Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et Autres Bibliothèques; 23) (in French), volume I, Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, § 66, page 64
2. 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, § 19, page 27

Further reading

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “գաղտիկուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 525b
• Ališan, Łewond (1895), “գաղտիկուռ բարակ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 403, page 106