սիմինդր
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- սիմինտր (simintr)
Etymology
Belongs to the same family of borrowed terms as Arabic سَمِيذ (samīḏ). The immediate source of the Armenian is said to be Ancient Greek σεμίδαλις (semídalis),[1][2][3] but the phonetic correspondence is irregular. The -ն- (-n-) is found also in Georgian სიმინდი (simindi). For the shape of the word compare Old Armenian կղմինդր (kłmindr).
Noun
սիմինդր • (simindr)
- (post-classical) fine flour
- Synonym: նաշիհ (naših)
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: սիմինդր (simindr), սիմինտ (simint)
- Armenian: սիմինդր (simindr), սիմինդ (simind)
References
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 379
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սիմինդր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 214ab
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “սիմինդր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 679b
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սիմինդր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սիմինդր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy