խաշխաշ

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Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Persian خشخاش (xašxâš).

Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ has խաղպապ տուառուպ (xaġpap tuaṙup) (var. խաղպապտո ռուպ (xaġpapto ṙup)) as a translation of Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn), from which Ališan understands the otherwise unknown խաղպապ (xaġpap) and տոռուպ (toṙup) as synonyms of խաշխաշ (xašxaš). However, the gloss is probably a distortion of խաշխաշ (xašxaš) + ըռուպ (əṙup), ռուպ (ṙup, thickened juice).

Noun

խաշխաշ (xašxaš)

  1. opium poppy, Papaver somniferum
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ  :[1]
      աֆիոն = խաղպապ տուառուպ (var. խաղպապտո ռուպ)
      afion = xaġpap tuaṙup (var. xaġpapto ṙup)
      أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn) = xaġpap tuaṙup (var. xaġpapto ṙup)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խաշխաշ (xašxaš)

References

  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 32, page 35

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