վաղամեռուկ

Old Armenian

Etymology

վաղ (vał, early) + -ա- (-a-) + մեռանիմ (meṙanim, to die)

Noun

վաղամեռուկ (vałameṙuk)

  1. scenanth, Andropogon schoenanthus
    • 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] :[1]
      Ադխար = վաղամեռուկ։
      Adxar = vałameṙuk.
      Arabic إِذْخِر (ʔiḏḵir) = vałameṙuk

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: վաղմեռուկ (vałmeṙuk)

References

  1. 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, § 2, page 16

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