առուոյտ
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Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- առւուտ (aṙwut), առվոյտ (aṙvoyt), առոյտ (aṙoyt), առուտ (aṙut), առուոտ (aṙuot), առաւիտ (aṙawit), առաւոյտ (aṙawoyt), առաւօտ (aṙawōt), առաւետ (aṙawet)
Etymology
The origin is unknown. Compare dialectal Georgian ალავერდი (alaverdi, “alfalfa”), Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”), Ancient Greek ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, “chickpea”), ὄροβος (órobos, “bitter vetch”), Latin ervum (“vetch”).
Noun
առուոյտ • (aṙuoyt)
- alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa
- 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʻ Gałianosi :
- միդիկարին (var. մեդիկարին) = առուոյտ (vars. առաւոյտ, առուոյս)։
- midikarin (var. medikarin) = aṙuoyt (vars. aṙawoyt, aṙuoys).
- μηδίκη (mēdíkē) = aṙuoyt
- միդիկարին (var. մեդիկարին) = առուոյտ (vars. առաւոյտ, առուոյս)։
- 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ :
- առատաբա = առաւոյտ (var. առվոյդ)
- aṙataba = aṙawoyt (var. aṙvoyd)
- الرَطْبَة (ar-raṭba) = aṙawoyt
- առատաբա = առաւոյտ (var. առվոյդ)
Derived terms
- իշառուոյտ (išaṙuoyt)
- առաւիտանոց (aṙawitanocʻ)
Descendants
- Armenian: առվույտ (aṙvuyt)
References
- ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 76
- ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 15, pages 25–26
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առուոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265ab
- Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “առուոյտ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 158–9, pages 47–48
- Artʻinean, Yovhannēs (1906) Tunkerə ew anoncʻ hayerēn anunnerə (in Armenian), Paris: D. Dogramadjian, pages 8–9
- Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 29
- Greppin, John A. C. (1992) “Mediterranian Botanical Loanwords in Classical Armenian”, in John A. C. Greppin, editor, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Armenian Linguistics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio September 14–18, 1991, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 71–72
- Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “առուոյտ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 241a
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “առուոյտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 75b
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “առուոյտ կապոյտ, առուոտ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 76b
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “առվոտ, առվուտ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 77n