ցրդի

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian ցրդի (cʿrdi).

Pronunciation

Noun

ցրդի (cʿrdi)

  1. savin, Juniperus sabina
    Synonym: ցրդենի (cʿrdeni)

Declension

Descendants

  • Turkish: çirti

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), ցիրդ”, 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 457a
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 145

Old Armenian

Etymology

ցիրդ (cʿird) + (-i)

Noun

ցրդի (cʿrdi)

  1. savin, Juniperus sabina
    • 5th century, Bible, Isaiah 55.13:
      Եւ փոխանակ ցրդւոյն նոճ բուսցի, եւ փոխանակ դժնկին՝ մուրտ ելցէ․ եւ եղիցի Տեառն յանուն եւ ի նշան յաւիտենից, եւ մի՛ պակասեսցէ։
      Ew pʿoxanak cʿrdwoyn noč buscʿi, ew pʿoxanak džnkin, murt elcʿē; ew ełicʿi Teaṙn yanun ew i nšan yawitenicʿ, ew mí pakasescʿē.
      And instead of the cʿrdi shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.

Usage notes

In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek στοιβή (stoibḗ).

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ցրդի (cʿrdi)
  • Middle Armenian: ձրթի (jrtʿi)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), ցիրդ”, 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 457a
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