بلنجاسپ

Persian

Alternative forms

بیرنجاسب (birenjâsb), برنجاسب (birinjāsb), برنجاسف (birinjāsf), برنجاسه (birīnjāsa), بلنجاسف (bilinjāsf)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain, but possibly (bâlang, “citron; cucumber”) or (bâdrang, “cucumber; lemon”) +‎ (asp, “horse”), the first element generic for any plant of penetrative smell—as (balanjmošk, “lemon balm”, literally “lemon musk”)— and the second because horses are naturally attracted to artemisias in cases of digestive issues. However see a different termination in Middle Armenian բարձուենեկ (barjuenek).

Noun

بلنجاسپ • (balanjâsp)

Descendants

→ Arabic: بِرِنْجَاسَف (birinjāsaf), بِلِنْجَاسَف (bilinjāsaf), فِرِنْجَاسَف (firinjāsaf)
→ Classical Syriac: ܒܪܢܓܣܦ (brngsp), ܦܠܢܓܣܦ (plngsp)
→ Middle Armenian: պարանճասիֆ (parančasif)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “برنجاسب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 179
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بلنجاسپ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 198
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بيرنجاسب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 219
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բրնջաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 493b
Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 133