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վաղամեռուկ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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վաղ (vał, early) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ մեռանիմ (meṙanim, to die)

Noun

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վաղամեռուկ (vałameṙuk)

  1. scenanth, Andropogon schoenanthus
    • 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]
      Ադխար = վաղամեռուկ։
      Adxar = vałameṙuk.
      Arabic إِذْخِر (ʔiḏḵir) = vałameṙuk

Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: վաղմեռուկ (vaġmeṙuk)

References

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  1. ^ 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, § 2, page 16

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