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Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian մարխ (marx).
Pronunciation
Noun
մարխ • (marx)
- (dialectal) resinous wood that ignites easily
Declension
References
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “մարխ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մարխ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
Middle Armenian
Etymology
Said to be from Persian مرخ (marx),[1][2] but this is doubtful in view of the variant form մախր (maxr). Related to Northern Kurdish merx (“a variety of juniper”), Arabic مَرْخ (marḵ, “Leptadenia pyrotechnica”), Akkadian 𒎌 (MEŠ /miḫru/, “a fir tree”, “possibly Juniperus excelsa”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎃𐎗 (mḫr, “a conifer”, only retained in a place-name). All possibly continuing Hurrian 𒈠𒄴𒊑 (ma-aḫ-ri /māḫri/, “juniper”).[3] Compare also Lak мархъ (marq), Budukh мерх (merx, “birch”).
Noun
մարխ • (marx) (genitive singular մարխի)
- a kind of a resinous conifer, perhaps Pinus pinea or Pinus cembra
- Synonym: մարխի (marxi)
- the resinous wood of this tree that ignites easily
13th century,
Girkʻ Vastakocʻ 52:
- եւ ապա ա՛ռ սեւ ձիւթ եւ կվենւոյ փայտի կամ մարխի սղոցուքով
- […] ew apa áṙ sew jiwtʻ ew kvenwoy pʻayti kam marxi sġocʻukʻov […]
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարխ”, 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 284b
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մարխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 517a
- ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1991) “The Survival of Ancient Anatolian and Mesopotamian Vocabulary Until the Present”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 50, number 3, pages 206–207
Further reading
- “miḫru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977, page 60
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “մարխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 502b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2004) “A Botanical Snapshot of Ugaritic”, in Aula Orientalis, volume 22, number 1, Barcelona, pages 115–116
- Fournet, Arnaud (2013) “About the Vocalic System of Armenian Words of Substratic Origin”, in Archív Orientalni, volume 81, number 2, pages 207–222
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 17