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Old Armenian
Etymology
From *մոշ (*moš, “bramble”) + -ա- (-a-) + վայրի (vayri, “wild”). See Middle Armenian մոշ (moš).
Noun
մոշավայրի • (mošavayri)
- tamarisk
5th century,
Bible,
Jeremiah 17.6:
- Եւ եղիցի իբրեւ զմոշավայրի յանապատի, եւ մի՛ տեսցէ յորժամ գայցէ բարութիւն․ եւ բնակեսցէ յաղտաղտուկս անապատի, յերկիր աղտաղտուկ՝ ուր ոչ երբեք բնակիցին։
- Ew ełicʻi ibrew zmošavayri yanapati, ew mí tescʻē yoržam gaycʻē barutʻiwn; ew bnakescʻē yałtałtuks anapati, yerkir ałtałtuk, ur očʻ erbekʻ bnakicʻin.
- Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
- And he shall be as the wild tamarisk in the desert: he shall not see when good comes; but he shall dwell in barren places, and in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.
Usage notes
In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek ἀγριομυρίκη (agriomuríkē, “tamarisk”, literally “wild-tamarisk”), but we may be dealing with an imprecise translation. See the Usage note in մոշ (moš).
Declension
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մոշայ”, 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, pages 345–346
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մոշավայրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 472
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մոշավայրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy