ասփուր

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Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic عُصْفُر (ʕuṣfur). The forms with an մ- (m-) are from the related مُعَصْفَر (muʕaṣfar, “safflower”).

Ačaṙyan records the given names Մասպուռ (Maspuṙ) and Մասփուր (Maspʻur) as alternative forms of Մասուր (Masur, literally “rosehip”),[1] but they are rather derived from this safflower word.

Noun

ասփուր • (aspʻur)

  1. safflower, Carthamus tinctorius
    Synonym: ղրտում (ġrtum)
    • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʻ Gałianosi  :[2]
      Կրտոմ (vars. կրտում, կտրոմ) = մասփարի (vars. մարփարի, մասփրի, կասփարի) հունդ ։
      Krtom (vars. krtum, ktrom) = maspʻari (vars. marpʻari, maspʻri, kaspʻari) hund .
      قُرْطُم (qurṭum) = seed of safflower
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ  :[3]
      Ալոփալջիլ (var. ալոփալջրիկ) = մասփուրի հունդ։
      Alopʻalǰil (var. alopʻalǰrik) = maspʻuri hund.
      الْعُصْفُر (al-ʕuṣfur) = seed of safflower

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “ասփուր”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 217
  2. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen‎, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 132
  3. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 9, page 21

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասպուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 276a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասպուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ասփուր”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “carthame”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 204a
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