իրիցուկ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From երէց (erēcʿ), իրից (iricʿ, “priest”) +‎ -ուկ (-uk). For the sense development compare Turkish papatya.

Noun

իրիցուկ • (iricʿuk)

  1. camomile (Matricaria gen., Anthemis gen. and Chamaemelum gen.)
    • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :[1]
      ալարտամէ (vars. աշարտամէ, աշտարամէ, աշտարտամէ) = վայրի իրիցուկ
      alartamē (vars. ašartamē, aštaramē, aštartamē) = vayri iricʿuk
      ? = wild camomile
    • 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] :[2]
      բաբանակ եւ բուսեդմն ջան (vars. բաբանաճ, բարունակ, բաբաճան) = իրիցուկ
      babanak ew busedmn ǰan (vars. babanač, barunak, babačan) = iricʿuk
      بَابُونَج‎ (bābūnaj) = camomile
    • 1466 – 1469, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Ogut bžškutʿean [The Benefits of Medicine] 28:[3]
      […] եւ գլուխն կտաւով շփէ, եւ ձարխոտ եւ երիցուկ եւ վարդի եղն եռցո՛ւ եւ օծէ՛։
      […] ew gluxn ktawov špʿē, ew jarxot ew ericʿuk ew vardi ełn eṙcʿú ew ōcḗ.

Descendants
  • → Armenian: երիցուկ (ericʿuk)

References
  1. Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen‎, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 158
  2. Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), separate reprint of the Handes Amsorya 109 (1995), 380–457 edition, Vienna: Mechitarist Press, § 33, page 36
  3. Amirtovlatʿ Amasiacʿi (1940), St. Malxaseancʿ, editor, Ōgut bžškutʿean [The Benefits of Medicine], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 109

Further reading
  • Ališan, Łewond (1895), “իրիցուկ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 675, page 164
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “երիցուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “իրիցուկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “երիցուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.