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Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian զկեռ (zkeṙ).
Pronunciation
Noun
զկեռ • (zkeṙ)
- medlar (fruit and tree)
- Synonym: (dialectal) մուշմուլա (mušmula)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 222
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զկեռ”, 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 98b
Middle Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown. Possibly connected with the synonymous words in West Asian languages: Arabic زُعْرُور (zuʕrūr) or زَعْرُور (zaʕrūr); Georgian ზღმარტლი (zɣmarṭli) and its Kartvelian cognates; Persian ازگیل (azgil)
Noun
զկեռ • (zkeṙ)
- medlar (fruit and tree)
14th century,
Grigor Tatʻewacʻi,
Girkʻ kʻarozutʻean or kočʻi Jmeṙan hator 84:
- Երկրորդ՝ զի պըտուղք փշոցն կապեն զփորն․ որպէս սինծն եւ զըկեռն
- Erkrord, zi pətuġkʻ pʻšocʻn kapen zpʻorn; orpēs sincn ew zəkeṙn […]
6th–12th? centuries,
Baṙkʻ Gałianosi :
[2]- մեսպելոն (vars. մեսփեղոն, մեսպեղոն, մեապեղոն) = սգեռ (var. ագեռ)։
- mespelon (vars. mespʻełon, mespełon, meapełon) = sgeṙ (var. ageṙ).
- μέσπιλον (méspilon) = sgeṙ
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զկեռ”, 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 98b
- Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “զղեար. զկեռ. զկռի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 712, page 171
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “զկեռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 737b
- Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 20–21
- Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). II [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). II]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия (in Russian), volume 9, number 9, pages 827–828
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զկեռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 186a