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մուրտաստան

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Formed within Armenian as մուրտ (murt) +‎ -աստան (-astan) or wholly borrowed from Middle Iranian: compare Persian موردستان (murdestân, a toponym, literally myrtle-place).[1][2][3]

Noun

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մուրտաստան (murtastan)

  1. myrtle-grove
    • 5th century, Bible, Book of Judges 1.35:[4]
      Եւ սկսաւ ամուրհացին բնակել ի լերինն մուրտաստանի (var. մուրաստանի)․ ուր արջք և աղուէսք ի մուրտաստանսն (var. մուրաստանն) և ի Սաղապին։
      Ew sksaw amurhacʻin bnakel i lerinn murtastani (var. murastani); ur arǰkʻ ew ałuēskʻ i murtastansn (var. murastann) ew i Sałapin.
      And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of myrtle-grove, in which [are] bears, and foxes, in myrtle-grove, and in Thalabin.

Usage notes

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In the Bible renders Ancient Greek Μυρσινών (Mursinṓn). Sometimes treated as a proper noun.

Declension

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i-a-type
singular plural
nominative մուրտաստան (murtastan) մուրտաստանք (murtastankʻ)
genitive մուրտաստանի (murtastani) մուրտաստանաց (murtastanacʻ)
dative մուրտաստանի (murtastani) մուրտաստանաց (murtastanacʻ)
accusative մուրտաստան (murtastan) մուրտաստանս (murtastans)
ablative մուրտաստանէ (murtastanē) մուրտաստանաց (murtastanacʻ)
instrumental մուրտաստանաւ (murtastanaw) մուրտաստանաւք = մուրտաստանօք (murtastanawkʻ = murtastanōkʻ)
locative մուրտաստանի (murtastani) մուրտաստանս (murtastans)

References

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  1. ^ Angelus à S. Joseph (1684) Gazophylacium linguae Persarum, Amsterdam, page 231
  2. ^ Tʻireakʻean, Yarutʻiwn (1914) “մուրտաստան”, in Ariahay baṙaran : Norog tesutʻeambkʻ ew yaweluacovkʻ [Armeno-Aryan Dictionary] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 276
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 333
  4. ^ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 473

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մուրտ”, 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 364b
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “մուրտաստան”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 573b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մուրտաստան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy