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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowing from Middle Iranian *dār ī čēnīk (literally “Chinese wood”). See Persian دارچین (dârčin) for more.
Noun
դարիճենիկ • (daričenik)
- cinnamon
7th century,
Anania Širakacʻi,
Ašxarhacʻoycʻ :
- Ունի լերինս վեց․ եւ լինի անդ դարիճենիկ եւ կասիմոն, ՚ի Կասիա լեռնէ, եւ սկիւթիկոն՝ որ է ատրագոյն ինքնեղ
- Uni lerins vecʻ; ew lini and daričenik ew kasimon, ’i Kasia leṙnē, ew skiwtʻikon, or ē atragoyn inkʻneł
- Translation by Robert H. Hewsen
- Cinnamon and cassia are found in the Cassia Mountains, and the scythicum which is by nature the color of fire.
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դարիճենիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դարիճենիկ”, 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, pages 137–138
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դարիճենիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy