մաննեխ

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Middle Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian մանանիխ (mananix).

Noun

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մաննեխ (mannex)

  1. mustard (plant and seeds)
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[2]
      ասփեկ = սպիտակ մաննեխ
      aspʻek = spitak mannex
      أَسْفَنْد (ʔasfand)[1] [√ Persian اسپندان (espandân)) = white mustard

Descendants

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  • Armenian: մա̈նիխ (mänix)Svedia

References

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  1. ^ Abu Rejxan Beruni (1973) Izbrannyje proizvedenija. Tom 4. Farmakognozija v medicine (Kitab as-Sajdana fi-tibb) [Selected Works. Volume 4. Book on the Pharmacopoeia of Medicine] (in Russian), research, translation, notes and indexes by U. I. Karimov, Tashkent: Uzbek SSR Academy Press, § 49, page 193
  2. ^ 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, § 20, page 28

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մանանիխ”, 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 251a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “մաննեխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press