մեղրապոպ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մեղրապոպ (mełrapop).

Pronunciation

Noun

մեղրապոպ (mełrapop) (rare, literary)

  1. watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (plant and fruit)
    Synonym: ձմերուկ (jmeruk)

Declension

Old Armenian

FWOTD – 08 Aug 2021

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), whose first part was confused with μέλι (méli, honey) and replaced with մեղր (mełr, honey).

Noun

մեղրապոպ (mełrapop)

  1. a variety of melon (Cucumis melo), namely perhaps the շամամ (šamam), apple melon (Cucumis melo var. dudaim)
    Hypernym: սեխ (sex)
    • 5th century, Bible, Numbers 11.5:[1]
      Զի յիշեցաք զձուկնն, զոր ուտէաք յԵգիպտոս ձրի, եւ զսեխն եւ զմեղրապոպ (var. զմեղրապողն, զմեղապոպ) եւ զպրասն եւ զսոխն եւ զխստոր։
      Zi yišecʿakʿ zjuknn, zor utēakʿ yEgiptos jri, ew zsexn ew zmełrapop (var. zmełrapołn, zmełapop) ew zprasn ew zsoxn ew zxstor.
      • Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
        We remembered the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic.

Usage notes

In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn).

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մեղրապոպ (mełrapop) (learned)

References

  1. Zēytʿunean A. S., editor (1998) Girkʿ Tʿuocʿ [Book of Numbers] (Hay hnagoyn tʿargmanakan yušarjanner), critical text, Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, page 104

Further reading

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