եղրի

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Armenian

Rhododendron luteum

Alternative forms

Etymology

A dialectal word from the region of Pontus. Of unknown origin. Compare synonymous Georgian იელი (ieli).

Pronunciation

Noun

եղրի (eġri) (Hamshen)

  1. yellow azalea, honeysuckle azalea, pontic azalea (Rhododendron luteum)
    Synonym: ծիֆին (cifin)
    Hypernym: մրտավարդ (mrtavard)

Usage notes

Ačaṙean relates that bees produce խելառ մեղր (xelaṙ meġr, mad honey) from the nectar of this flower. In Turkish it is called deli bal.

Declension

u-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative եղրի (eġri) եղրիներ (eġriner)
dative եղրու (eġru) եղրիների (eġrineri)
ablative եղրուց (eġrucʻ) եղրիներից (eġrinericʻ)
instrumental եղրով, եղրիով (eġrov, eġriov) եղրիներով (eġrinerov)
locative եղրում, եղրիում (eġrum, eġrium) եղրիներում (eġrinerum)
definite forms
nominative եղրին (eġrin) եղրիները/եղրիներն (eġrinerə/eġrinern)
dative եղրուն (eġrun) եղրիներին (eġrinerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative եղրիս (eġris) եղրիներս (eġriners)
dative եղրուս (eġrus) եղրիներիս (eġrineris)
ablative եղրուցս (eġrucʻs) եղրիներիցս (eġrinericʻs)
instrumental եղրովս, եղրիովս (eġrovs, eġriovs) եղրիներովս (eġrinerovs)
locative եղրումս, եղրիումս (eġrums, eġriums) եղրիներումս (eġrinerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative եղրիդ (eġrid) եղրիներդ (eġrinerd)
dative եղրուդ (eġrud) եղրիներիդ (eġrinerid)
ablative եղրուցդ (eġrucʻd) եղրիներիցդ (eġrinericʻd)
instrumental եղրովդ, եղրիովդ (eġrovd, eġriovd) եղրիներովդ (eġrinerovd)
locative եղրումդ, եղրիումդ (eġrumd, eġriumd) եղրիներումդ (eġrinerumd)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: eğri[1]

References

  1. ^ Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 20, page 60

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “եղրի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 295b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ըղրի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 335a
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ըղրի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 741, pages 177–178
  • Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) “Rh. flavum”, in Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia (in Italian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 344, page 73
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “եղրի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 216b, suspecting derivation from Pokorny's Proto-Indo-European *el- (red, brown (in names of trees and animals)) root
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “մրտավարդ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 863, page 69b, treating as a synonym of the genus name մրտավարդ (mrtavard)
  • Tʻahmaz, Xačʻatur (2014) “ըղրի”, in J̌enigi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Canik dialect]‎ (in Armenian), Sochi
  • Yovakimean (Aršakuni), Yovakim (1967) Patmutʻiwn Haykakan Pontosi [The History of Armenian Pontus]‎, Beirut: Mshak, page 932b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ըղրի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 42a