շոմին
Middle Armenian
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Etymology
[edit]From Classical Persian شومین (šomīn, “spinach”).
Noun
[edit]շոմին • (šomin)
- spinach, Spinacia oleracea
- 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] :[1]
- ասփանախ = շոմին
- aspʻanax = šomin
- إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ) = spinach
- ասփանախ = շոմին
References
[edit]- ^ 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, § 18, page 27
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շոմին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շոմին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “շոմին”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շոմին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy