լաշի

Armenian

Rhododendron ponticum flower from Cerasus, Pontus

Pronunciation

Noun

լաշի (laši)

  1. (Hamshen, Trabzon) common rhododendron, pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
    Synonym: կոմար (komar)
    Hypernym: մրտավարդ (mrtavard)

Usage notes

Originally, a word of the Pontic dialect area, referring to a local species of rhododendron. In new botanical works[1][2] treated as a synonym of the genus name մրտավարդ (mrtavard).

Declension

Derived terms

  • լաշուտ (lašut)
  • Լաշուտ (Lašut, toponym)

References

  1. Taxtadžjan A. L., editor (1973) Flora Armenii [The Flora of Armenia] (in Russian), volume 6, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 7–8
  2. Łazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981), մրտավարդ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 863, page 69b

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), լաշի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 410–411
  • Ališan, Łewond (1895), լաշի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 885, page 211
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), լաշի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui. Yaweluac ašxarhik baṙkʿ anvkaykʿ i grocʿ aṙ mez ełelocʿ [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Dialectal Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1062c
  • Kiwlēsērean, Babgēn (1899), “Čaniki vičakin mēǰ gtnuoł Hamšēncʿineru gawaṙabarbaṙə [The dialect of Hamshenis of the Canik district]”, in Biwrakn (in Armenian), issue 41, Constantinople, page 655a
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), լաշի”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 184a
  • Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʿiwn, B. Busabanutʿiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 2. Botany] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 192
  • Роллов, А. Х. (1908), Rhododendron ponticum”, in Дикорастущие растения Кавказа, их распространение, свойства и применение (С обозначением туземных названий растений) [Wild plants of the Caucasus, their distribution, properties and uses (Containing the native names of the plants)] (in Russian), Тифлис: тип. К.П. Козловского, pages 426–427, transliterated as лаши
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), լաշի”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 201b
  • Vardanyan, Sergey (2009) Kronapʿox hamšenahayeri barbaṙə, banahyusutʿyunə ew ergarvestə (nyutʿer ew usumnasirutʿyunner) [Dialect, folklore and song art of the Islamized Armenians of Hamshen (materials and studies)], Yerevan: University Press, pages 292, 377
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