բզրկատուն

• բզրկտուն (bzrktun), բզրղատուն (bzrłatun), պզրկատուն (pzrkatun), պզրկատունայ (pzrkatunay), պզրղաթուն (pzrłatʿun), պզրղաթունէ (pzrłatʿunē), պզրղայտուն (pzrłaytun), պզրղատուն (pzrłatun), պզրղատունայ (pzrłatunay), պզրղատունէ (pzrłatunē)

From Arabic بَزَرْقَطُونَا‎ (bazarqaṭūnā). Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ has the manuscript variant բզրուկ (bzruk), which has been treated as a separate formation from Arabic بِزْر‎ (bizr, “seed”) and the suffix -ուկ (-uk), however this form is probably spurious; notwithstanding, բզրուկ (bzruk) has been learnedly adopted in the modern language as the designation for Arenaria.

բզրկատուն • (bzrkatun)

1. fleawort, psyllium, Plantago psyllium (plant and seeds)

   Synonyms: ասպաղուլ (aspałul), ասպաղօլ (aspałōl)

   • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :

     ալ սփիոշ (vars. ալափիոլ, ալափիւղ, ալփսիոչ) = բզրկատուն (vars. բզրկտուն, փզրկտուն)

     al spʿioš (vars. alapʿiol, alapʿiwł, alpʿsiočʿ) = bzrkatun (vars. bzrktun, pʿzrktun)

     أَسْفِيُوس‎ (ʔasfiyūs) [اسپیوش‎ (espayôš), اسفیوش‎ (esfayuš)] = fleawort

   • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ zor əntrel en imastasērkʿn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʿ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :

     ասփոշի (var. ասփսիշ) = վայրի բզըրկտուն (vars. բզրուկ, բղրուկ)

     aspʿoši (var. aspʿsiš) = vayri bzərktun (vars. bzruk, błruk)

     أَسْفِيُوس‎ (ʔasfiyūs) [اسپیوش‎ (ispay؜ôš), اسفیوش‎ (esfayuš)] = wild fleawort

Has been confused with տզրուկ խոտ (tzruk xot, “Anagallis”).

• → Armenian: բզրուկ (bzruk)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բզրկատուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 445a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բզրուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 445a
• Ališan, Łewond (1895), “բզրկատուն․ պզրկատուն”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 339, page 90
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• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “բզրղատուն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “պզրկատուն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (1925) Kʿnnadatutʿiwn Haybusaki [A Critique of Haybusak] (Azgayin matenadaran; 109) (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 171–172