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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian սերկեւիլ (serkewil).
Pronunciation
Noun
սերկևիլ • (serkewil)
- quince (fruit)
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
Related to Akkadian 𒄑𒄒𒆳𒊏 (/supurgillu/, “quince”), Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ (ˀespargəlā), Arabic سفرجل (safarjal, “quince”); all possibly ultimately borrowed from Hurro-Urartian.[1][2][3][4]
Noun
սերկևիլ • (serkewil)
- quince
5th century,
Agatʻangełos,
Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 644:
[5][6]- 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
More information
- ^ Patkanov, K. P. (1877) Армянская география VII века по Р. Х. (приписывавшаяся Моисею Хоренскому) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 52, footnote 175
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սերկևիլ”, 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, pages 205–206
- ^ Mkrtčjan, N. A. (1983) “Субстратные названия растений в армянском языке [Substratum Plant Names in Armenian]”, in Древний Восток (in Russian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 34–35
- ^ Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603
- ^ Agatʻangełos (1909) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Kanayeancʻ, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.2), Tiflis: Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻ Press, page 330
- ^ 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
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սերկևիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սերկևիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 29