ծնեբեկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ծնեփուկ (cnepʿuk)
  • ձնեփուկ (jnepʿuk)

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծնեբեկ (cnebek).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծնեբեկ (cnebek)

  1. asparagus

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ծնէբեկ (cnēbek)

Etymology

From ծին (cin, birth) + բեկանեմ (bekanem, to break), because the asparagus sprout is eaten very early, as soon as it is born.[1] For the sense development compare Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos, asparagus; young shoots).

Noun

ծնեբեկ (cnebek)

  1. asparagus

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ծնեբեկ (cnebek), ծնելբեկ (cnelbek)
  • Georgian: წინაბეგა (c̣inabega)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), ծնեբեկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 464–465

Further reading

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