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շամղիտակ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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A Middle Iranian borrowing, attested in the colchicum sense in Classical Persian شنبلید (šǎnbalīd), شنبلیت (šǎnbalīt), شملید (šamlīd), شملیت (šamlīt), variants of Middle Persian [script needed] (šmblytk' /⁠šambalīdag⁠/), Persian شنبلیله (šanbalile, fenugreek), see the latter for more.[1]

Noun

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շամղիտակ (šamłitak)

  1. Colchicum[2]
    • 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of the Armenians] 645:[3][4]
      Սոյնպէս եւ գունակ գունակ եւ երփն երփն ծաղկանցն․ որպէս մանրագորն եւ վարդն եւ շուշանն եւ ասպազանն եւ յասմիկն եւ անիարն եւ սմնակն եւ ներգիսն եւ շամպղիտակն եւ մեղրուկն, հօրօտն եւ մօրօտն եւ մանիշակն․ եւ այլն ամենայն համասպրամ ծաղկանցն եւ ծառոցն բոյսք բողբոջոցն գարնանւոյն երեւեսցին յետ ձմերանւոյն։
      Soynpēs ew gunak gunak ew erpʻn erpʻn całkancʻn; orpēs manragorn ew vardn ew šušann ew aspazann ew yasmikn ew aniarn ew smnakn ew nergisn ew šampłitakn ew mełrukn, hōrōtn ew mōrōtn ew manišakn; ew ayln amenayn hamaspram całkancʻn ew caṙocʻn boyskʻ bołboǰocʻn garnanwoyn erewescʻin yet jmeranwoyn.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Likewise the various kinds and colors of flowers, like the mandrake and rose, and lily and soldanel, and jasmin and lotus, and sumach and narcissus, and arum and lungwort, and hyacinth and poppy and violet. And of all the other fragrant flowers and trees, the budding shoots will appear in spring after the winter.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շամղիտակ”, 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 492a
  2. ^ Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “շամղիտակ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 307a
  3. ^ Agatʻangełos (1909) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Kanayeancʻ, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.2)‎[1], Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, pages 330–331
  4. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The teaching of Saint Gregory (Avant: Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition; 1), revised edition, New Rochelle, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, page 207

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