μαρούλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *ἀμαρούλιον (*amaroúlion), from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈru.li.on/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈru.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈru.li.on/

Noun

μαρούλιον • (maroúlion) n

1. (Byzantine) lettuce

Descendants

• Greek: μαρούλι (maroúli), μαρούλια pl (maroúlia)
  • → Albanian: marule, marulë
  • → Bulgarian: мару́ля (marúlja), мару́л (marúl)
  • → Macedonian: марула (marula)
  • → Romanian: marulă, marolă
  • → Serbo-Croatian: marulja / маруља
• → Old Armenian: մառուլ (maṙul)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مارول (marul, marol)
  • Turkish: marul, marol
  • → Middle Armenian: մառուլ (maṙul), մառօլ (maṙōl)
    • Armenian: մառոլ (maṙol)
  • → Armenian: մառուլ (maṙul)
• Sicilian: amareḍḍi pl

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մառուլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 263b
• Berneker, Erich (1914) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 21
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “маруля”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 675
• Meyer, G. (1891) “marul’”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 261