մանդակ

• մանդան (mandan) — Van
• մանդիկ (mandik) — Van
• մենդիկ (mendik) — Erzincan

A dialectal word unattested in Old or Middle Armenian literature.

A Western Asian Kulturwort for an edible wild plant, of unknown ultimate origin: compare Northern Kurdish mendik, mend, mendê, mendi (“type of edible grass, type of watercress”) (whence the tribal name Mendikî), Central Kurdish مەندێ (mendê), مەندۆک (mendok, “fodder, provender; Chaerophyllum macrospermum”), Ossetian мӕнтӕг (mæntæg), монт (mont), Karachay-Balkar мант (mant, “a kind of edible burdock”), Svan მანთ (mant, “a kind of edible plant”), dialectal Turkish mendek (“hemlock; Chaerophyllum”), mende, mendo (“nice-smelling and tasting plant whose outer skin is removed before eating”), medik (“a kind of plant”), Latin menta, Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), Ossetian битъына (bit’yna, “mint”). Perhaps also related to Ancient Greek καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē, “a good-smelling plant”) and Old Armenian Մանդակունի (Mandakuni).

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

մանդակ • (mandak)

1. (dialectal, Ararat, Alashkert, Mush, Sasun, Van) turnip-rooted chervil, parsnip chervil, Chaerophyllum bulbosum

   Synonyms: շուշանբանջար պալարակիր (šušanbanǰar palarakir), ատոլ (atol), ղմի կովկասյան (ġmi kovkasyan)

   Hypernyms: շուշանբանջար (šušanbanǰar), քեղակարոս (kʻeġakaros), ղմի (ġmi), շիշվիկ (šišvik), բերկրատերև (berkraterew)

According to Ačaṙean, the plant is freshly broken into tan or boiled with salt and eaten during Lent. The stalks are pickled. He identifies մանդակ (mandak) with Turkish kurtpençesi, French bistorte, Bistorta officinalis, syn. Polygonum bistorta.