մարդարիշար

Old Armenian

Etymology

A misspelling of *մարգաշիշայ (*margašišay), borrowed from Iranian – compare Persian مرقشیشا‎ (marqašišâ, “marcasite”), itself from Semitic. See Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا‎ (marqašītā).

Noun

մարդարիշար • (mardarišar)

  1. a kind of aromatic found in India
    7th century, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography]

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մարդարիշար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 280b
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “մարդարիշար”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 193
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