ցիրդ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Petersson compares to Sanskrit सिध्रक (sidhraka, a kind of tree) and derives from Proto-Indo-European *sḱidʰ-ro-.[1] Perhaps somehow connected to Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Noun

ցիրդ (cʻird)

  1. savin, Juniperus sabina[2]
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ Book III.Chapter 45:
      Սակայն եւ ոչ այն ինչ վնասեաց․ քանզի յոյժ ի բացեայ պահէր ցիրդն։
      Sakayn ew očʻ ayn inčʻ vnaseacʻ; kʻanzi yoyž i bacʻeay pahēr cʻirdn.
      • Translation by Robert Thomson
        But this brought no harm because the brambles kept it well away.

Usage notes

Has been alternatively identified with the cade (Juniperus oxycedrus) and the large-fruited juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa).[3]

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ցիրտ (cʻirt)

References

  1. ^ Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 36
  2. ^ Artʻinean, Yovhannēs (1913) Astuacašunčʻi tunkerə usumnasiruac mer naxneacʻ tʻargmanutʻean vray [Les plantes de la Bible d’après la version Arménienne du Ve siècle par le docteur Johannès Artignan] (in Armenian), Constantinople: K. ew M.Y. Kʻēšišean, pages 60, 61
  3. ^ Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia (in Italian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, §§ 13–14, page 30

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