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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σμυρνίτης / σμιρίτης / σμυρίτης λίθος (smurnítēs / smirítēs / smurítēs líthos, “emery, smyrite stone”), from σμύρις (smúris). զմռնիտեան (zmṙnitean) is formed as unattested *զմռնիտ (*zmṙnit) + -եան (-ean).
Noun
զմռնիտեան քար • (zmṙnitean kʻar)
- emery, smyrite stone
13th century,
Yovhannēs Vanakan Vardapet Tawušecʿi,
Meknutʿiwn grocʿn Yobay :
- Ասէ զկապ եւ զյօդ նորա քար զմռնիտեան, զի քարդ այդ խստագոյն է քան զամենայն քար
- Asē zkap ew zyōd nora kʻar zmṙnitean, zi kʻard ayd xstagoyn ē kʻan zamenayn kʻar
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զմռնիտ”, 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, pages 100–101
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 349
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զմռնիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy