ամվաճ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Usually considered an unidentified Arabic borrowing. According to Vardanjan, a distortion of the synonymous Arabic أَمْسُوخ‎ (ʔamsūḵ).

Noun

ամվաճ • (amvač)

  1. field horsetail, Equisetum arvense
    • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] 146:[1][2]
      Ամվաճ· ինքն զանապ ըլ խայլին ցեղերուն է․ եւ յիշած է ի վերայի զային իր համարն։
      Amvač· inkʿn zanap əl xaylin cʿełerun ē; ew yišac ē i verayi zayin ir hamarn.
      Field horsetail = It is of the ذَنَب الْخَيْل‎ (ḏanab al-ḵayl) family. It is mentioned under the letter զ (z) under its number.

References
  1. Basmaǰean, K. Y., editor (1926) Amirtovlatʿi Amasiacʿwoy angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses of Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 146, page 51
  2. Варданян, Стелла (1990) Амирдовлат Амасиаци, Ненужное для неучей (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, § 110, pages 49, 573

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ամվաճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 164a
  • Ališan, Łewond (1895), “ամվաճ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 85, page 33
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ամվաճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 47b
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ամվաճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 40, incorrectly listing ամպաճ (ampač), անապաճ (anapač) as variant forms, apparently relying on Muradyan
  • Muradyan, M. H. (1972), “Baṙagitutʿyun [Lexicology]”, in Ē. B. Ałayan, editor, Aknarkner miǰin grakan hayereni patmutʿyanA [Essays on the History of the Middle Armenian Literary Language I], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 259a, incorrectly listing together with ամպաճ (ampač), անապաճ (anapač)
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