զմրութ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian զմրութ (zmrutʿ), from Ottoman Turkish زمرد (zümrüd, zümrüt). Doublet of զմրուխտ (zmruxt).

Pronunciation

Noun

զմրութ (zmrutʿ) (dialectal)

  1. emerald
    Synonym: զմրուխտ (zmruxt)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 19:[1]
      զմրութ․ զմրալտօ
      zmrutʿ; zmraltō
      զմրութ (zmrutʿ) = smeraldo

Declension

Alternative forms

  • զյումրյուտ (zyumryut), զյումրյութ (zyumryutʿ)
  • զիւմրիւտ (ziwmriwt), զիւմրիւթ (ziwmriwtʿ) traditional orthography spelling

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019), “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 222

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), զիւմրիւտ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), զմրութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), զմրութ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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