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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: eğri

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

1=Rh. flavum

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Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia, 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, Ṙ. S. (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