հաճարուկ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From հաճար- (hačar-, beech tree) +‎ -ուկ (-uk, diminutive suffix).

Noun

հաճարուկ (hačaruk)

  1. Oriental beech, Fagus orientalis
    • 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 644:[1][2]
      Սոյնպէս կիտրոնն եւ ապաբաղսամոնն եւ դափնին եւ ձիթենին գեղեցիկ եւ սերկեւիլն եւ մուրտն եւ ընկոյզն եւ նուշն եւ քնարուկն եւ հաճարուկն եւ թութն եւ նուռնն եւ հոյնն:
      Soynpēs kitronn ew apabałsamonn ew dapʻnin ew jitʻenin gełecʻik ew serkewiln ew murtn ew ənkoyzn ew nušn ew kʻnarukn ew hačarukn ew tʻutʻn ew nuṙnn ew hoynn:
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Likewise the lemon and balsamon, and laurel and beautiful olive tree, and quince and myrtle, and nut and almond, and lotus and holly, and mulberry and pomegranate and cornel tree.

Usage notes

Attested only in Agatʻangełos. Others identify with butcher's broom, box holly, Ruscus aculeatus.[3]

Descendants

  • ? Armenian: հաճարկի (hačarki)

References

  1. ^ Agatʻangełos (1909) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Kanayeancʻ, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.2)‎, Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 330
  2. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The teaching of Saint Gregory (Avant: Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition; 1), revised edition, New Rochelle, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, page 206
  3. ^ Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “հաճարուկ”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names, Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 3015, page 518

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հաճար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 16a
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “հաճարուկ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1609, page 353
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “հաճարուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 10ab
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1983) “The Armenian botanical terms hačar, hačari and hačaruk”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes, volume 17, pages 13–17, preferring an identification with butcher's broom
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 694–695, 762