երինջ

• էրինջ (ērinǰ) — dialectal

From Old Armenian երինջ (erinǰ). According to Ačaṙyan, the sense "sprout of grapes" developed figuratively from the sense “heifer”; typologically compare որթ (ortʻ, “calf; vine”).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /jeˈɾind͡ʒ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /jeˈɾint͡ʃ/,
• Hyphenation: ե‧րինջ

երինջ • (erinǰ)

1. heifer
2. (dialectal, Ararat) three-year-old sprout of grapes which is replanted separately

• → Georgian: ერინჯი (erinǯi) — Adjara, Chveneburi

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 265
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “երինջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 56b

A Zan borrowing: compare Mingrelian ორინჯი (orinǯi), ორიჯი (oriǯi, “cattle”), ორჯი (orǯi, “cow”).^[1][2] Ačaṙyan takes the borrowing in the other direction, not finding any Kartvelian cognates for Mingrelian,^[3] but the latter, according to Kiria, has a native origin from Proto-Kartvelian *r-, *ar- (“to be”), which has number of other derivatives including Laz რინ- (rin-, “to beget”).^{[4][5][6][7][8]} Javakhishvili, denying Ačaṙyan, instead connects the Mingrelian terms to Mingrelian ერჯი (erǯi), which, according to him and Klimov, is cognate to Georgian ვერძი (verʒi).^[9][10]

For the sense development compare Mingrelian შხური (šxuri), Laz ჩხური (çxuri), Georgian ცხვარი (cxvari, “sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xow- (“animate, alive”) (another Kartvelian livestock term borrowed into Armenian as ոչխար (očʻxar)).

Note also Old Armenian որոջ (oroǰ), արոջ (aroǰ, “lamb”), երէ (erē, “herbivorous game animal; living being”).

The comparisons with Ancient Greek ἔριφος (ériphos, “kid”), Latin ariēs (“ram”), Lithuanian ė́ras (“lamb”) are unnecessary.

երինջ • (erinǰ)

1. heifer, young cow
2. (by extension) cow
3. (figuratively) bride

• Armenian: երինջ (erinǰ), էրինջ (ērinǰ) — dialectal
  • → Georgian: ერინჯი (erinǯi) — Adjara, Chveneburi
• Middle Armenian: երիճ (erič)
  • ⇒? Middle Armenian: երնջնակ (ernǰnak)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երինջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 264
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երինջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 51-52