օշնան

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian օշնան (ōšnan).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /oʃˈnɑn/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /oʃˈnɑn/,

օշնան • (ōšnan) (literary)

1. soapwort (Saponaria)

   Synonym: օճառախոտ (ōčaṙaxot)

2. saltwort (Salsola)

   Synonym: օշան (ōšan)

• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “օշնան”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, page 102b

• աւշնան (awšnan)

The original spelling is աւշնան (awšnan). Borrowed from Middle Iranian. See Persian اشنان (ošnân) for more.

օշնան • (ōšnan)

1. saltwort (used as soap)
   • 5th century, Ełišē, Vasn Vardanay ew Hayocʻ paterazmin  :^[1][2]

     Ոչ ոք ումեք ջուր ի ձեռս արկանէր, և ոչ կրտսերք աւագաց դաստառակս մատուցանէին․ չանկաւ օշնան ի ձեռս փափկասուն կանանց, և ոչ մատուցաւ եւղ ի զուարթութիւն խրախութեան։

     Očʻ okʻ umekʻ ǰur i jeṙs arkanēr, ew očʻ krtserkʻ awagacʻ dastaṙaks matucʻanēin; čʻankaw ōšnan i jeṙs pʻapʻkasun kanancʻ, ew očʻ matucʻaw ewł i zuartʻutʻiwn xraxutʻean.

     • Translation by Robert W. Thomson

       No one poured water over another’s hands; the younger did not offer the older towels. The delicate women did not use soap, nor were they offered oil for merry feasting.

• Middle Armenian: օշնան (ōšnan), օշան (ōšan)
• → Armenian: օշնան (ōšnan) (learned)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “օշնան”, 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 615ab
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օշնան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 259, 515