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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ջնարակ (ǰnarak).
Pronunciation
Noun
ջնարակ • (ǰnarak)
- glaze (coating on pottery)
- Synonym: (dialectal) սըռ (səṙ)
- glaze (edible coating applied to food)
Declension
Derived terms
Middle Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown.
Possibly related to the synonymous Ancient Greek σανδαράκη (sandarákē) and together with it borrowed from an unidentified third source.
Noun
ջնարակ • (ǰnarak)
- red sulphide of arsenic: sandarac, realgar or red orpiment
6th–12th? centuries,
Baṙkʻ Gałianosi :
[1]- սանդրաքնէ (var. սանթրագնէ, սանթրակնէ, սանթրանգէ) = ջնարակ (var. ջնատրակ, ճարակ)։
- sandrakʻnē (var. santʻragnē, santʻraknē, santʻrangē) = ǰnarak (var. ǰnatrak, čarak).
- σανδαράκη (sandarákē) = ǰnarak
10th–13th centuries,
Gagik-Hetʻumyan bžškaran :
[2]- Լեպէդիս, քաղկու, ճնարակ, միաչաք արա եւ մանրէ, մեղրով եւ քացխով յարո եւ ռէճնիշ արա, եւ կամ զդեղդ ցամաք ի ներս փչէ։
- Lepēdis, kʻaġku, čnarak, miačʻakʻ ara ew manrē, meġrov ew kʻacʻxov yaro ew ṙēčniš ara, ew kam zdeġd cʻamakʻ i ners pʻčʻē.
- λεπιδόχαλκος (lepidókhalkos), čnarak
(Matenadaran manuscript no. 551) :
[3]- Կամ ճնարակն որ է քարէ զարեկն խառնէ ի ներս ձուի դեղնուցով յարեայ և գրէ։
- Kam čnarakn or ē kʻarē zarekn xaṙnē i ners jui deġnucʻov yareay ew grē.
- Translation by Ašxen Harutʻyunyan
- Или сандарак (?), который называется каменный мышьяк, смешай с желтком, растирай и пиши.
1478 – 1492,
Amirdovlatʻ Amasiacʻi,
Angitacʻ anpēt :
[4][5]- Չնարակ· որ է կարմիր զառիկն․ յիշած ի վերայ զային իր համարն:
- Čʻnarak· or ē karmir zaṙikn; yišac i veray zayin ir hamarn:
- Čʻnarak = Is the red զառիկ (zaṙik). It is mentioned under "Z" under its number.
1614 – 1622,
Asar Sebastacʻi,
Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti :
[6]- Չնարակ, որ է կարմիր զառիկն, որ է զռնեխն։
- Čʻnarak, or ē karmir zaṙikn, or ē zṙnexn.
Usage notes
The senses "a kind of tree resin" and "a kind of nettle" found in some dictionaries are spurious.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: ջնարակ (ǰnarak) (learned)
See also
References
- ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 98
- ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1925) Kʻnnadatutʻiwn Haybusaki [A Critique of Haybusak] (Azgayin matenadaran; 109) (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 16–17
- ^ Harutʻyunyan, A. X. (1963) Nerkeri ew tʻanakʻneri gorcacutʻyunə hin haykakan jeṙagrerum [The use of paints and inks in ancient Armenian manuscripts], Yerevan, § 43, pages 40–41
- ^ Basmaǰean, K. Y., editor (1926), Amirtovlatʻi Amasiacʻwoy angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses of Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 2615, page 443
- ^ Vardanjan, Stella (1990) Амирдовлат Амасиаци, Ненужное для неучей (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, § 2288, pages 357, 729
- ^ Asar Sebastacʻi (1993) Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti (XVI—XVII dd.) [Book of Medical Art (16–17th cc.)], preparation of the text, preface and dictionary by D. M. Karapetyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 256
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ջնարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 129ab
- Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ճնարակ կամ ջնարակ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1889, page 404
- Asar Sebastacʻi (1993) Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti (XVI—XVII dd.) [Book of Medical Art (16–17th cc.)], preparation of the text, preface and dictionary by D. M. Karapetyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 376
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ջնարակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 674c
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ջնարակագոյն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 674c
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 232
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ջնարակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 653a
- Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1905, page 130
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ջնարակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 670b
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “չնարակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 629
- Musheghian, Armen (2000) Essays on History of the Armenian Language. Volume One (Historical–Etymological Studies), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 57–58, without a basis glosses the word as "cinnabar" and derives from Middle Iranian *činkafr/rfak, a supposed cognate of the words discussed at Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari)
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “չնարէկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 625