սիմինդր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms
  • սիմինտր (simintr)

Etymology

Belongs to the same family of borrowed terms as Arabic سَمِيذ‎ (samīḏ). The immediate source of the Armenian is said to be Ancient Greek σεμίδαλις (semídalis),[1][2][3] but the phonetic correspondence is irregular. The -ն- (-n-) is found also in Old Georgian სიმინდოჲ / სიმინდი (simindoy / simindi, “fine flour”), Georgian სიმინდი (simindi, “corn, maize”). For the shape of the word compare Old Armenian կղմինդր (kłmindr).

Noun

սիմինդր • (simindr)

  1. (post-Classical) fine flour
    Synonym: նաշիհ (naših)

Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: սիմինդր (simindr), սիմինտ (simint)

References
  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 379
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սիմինդր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 214ab
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “սիմինդր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 679b

Further reading
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սիմինդր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սիմինդր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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