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Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Arabic أُشَّق (ʔuššaq), وُشَّق (wuššaq). Some of the alternative forms are probably directly from the Middle Iranian source of the Arabic.
Noun
աւշակ • (awšak)
- gum ammoniac, ammoniacum
6th–12th? centuries,
Baṙkʻ Gałianosi :
[1]- ասաիճ (vars. ասայիճ, աստիճ) = վաշակ որ է օշ (vars. վաղակ որ է օշակ, վաշակն որ է աւշախն, վաշակ որ է աւշ)
- asaič (vars. asayič, astič) = vašak or ē ōš (vars. vałak or ē ōšak, vašakn or ē awšaxn, vašak or ē awš)
- أُشَّج (ʔuššaj) = vašak which is the ōš
9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ :
[2]- աւշակ = վաշակ
- awšak = vašak
- أُشَّق (ʔuššaq) = vašak
Descendants
- → Armenian: ավշակ (avšak)
References
- ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 162
- ^ 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, § 29, page 33
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւշակ”, 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 362a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 262
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “օշախ, օշակ, օշաղ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press