նշդարի

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian ناشتر (nâštar, spruce that lives up to 500 years), possibly related to نوش (nuš) and literally meaning "immortal tree".[1][2][3][4] Formed with the botanical suffix +‎ (-i).

Noun

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նշդարի (nšdari)

  1. a kind of tree, variously identified as spruce, Picea or hornbeam, Carpinus

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References

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  1. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “նշդարի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 575b
  2. ^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1982) Očerki po istorii leksiki pamirskix jazykov. Nazvanija kulʹturnyx rastenij (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
  3. ^ Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2004) “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʻumner”, in Patma-banasirakan handes[1] (in Armenian), number 3, page 183
  4. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “նշդարի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 571a

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