ծիֆին

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Armenian

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Rhododendron luteum

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Pontic Greek τσιφίνι (tsifíni), τσιφίν (tsifín). Doublet of ճփնի (čpʻni). The form ծեփիկ (cepʻik) is probably reshaped folk-etymologically as ծեփել (cepʻel) +‎ -իկ (-ik).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ծիֆին (cifin) (Trabzon)

  1. yellow azalea, honeysuckle azalea, pontic azalea (Rhododendron luteum)
    Synonym: եղրի (eġri)
    Hypernym: մրտավարդ (mrtavard)

Declension

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Further reading

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1=Rh. flavum

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Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia[1], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 344, page 73

  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § E86, page 179
  • Kʻaǰuni, Manuēl (1893) “ծեփիկ կամ ծիփին”, in Baṙgirkʻ aruesticʻ ew gitutʻeancʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ. Hamaṙōt baṙgirkʻ gitutʻeancʻ ew aruesticʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ hayerēn-gałłieren [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres. Concise Armenian–French Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres], volume III (overall work in Old Armenian and French), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 107a
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ծիֆին”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 409b
  • Yovakimean (Aršakuni), Yovakim (1967) Patmutʻiwn Haykakan Pontosi [The History of Armenian Pontus]‎[2], Beirut: Mshak, page 934a