հաճարուկ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From հաճար- (hačar-, beech tree) + -ուկ (-uk, diminutive suffix).

Noun

հաճարուկ (hačaruk)

  1. Oriental beech, Fagus orientalis
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 644:[1]
      Սոյնպէս կիտրոնն եւ ապաբաղսամոնն եւ դափնին եւ ձիթենին գեղեցիկ եւ սերկեւիլն եւ մուրտն եւ ընկոյզն եւ նուշն եւ քնարուկն եւ հաճարուկն եւ թութն եւ նուռնն եւ հոյնն:
      Soynpēs kitronn ew apabałsamonn ew dapʿnin ew jitʿenin gełecʿik ew serkewiln ew murtn ew ənkoyzn ew nušn ew kʿnarukn ew hačarukn ew tʿutʿn ew nuṙnn ew hoynn:
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Likewise the lemon and balsamon, and laurel and beautiful olive tree, and quince and myrtle, and nut and almond, and lotus and holly, and mulberry and pomegranate and cornel tree.

Usage notes

Attested only in Agatʿangełos. Others identify with butcher's broom, box holly, Ruscus aculeatus.[2]

Descendants

  • ? Armenian: հաճարկի (hačarki)

References

  1. Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The teaching of Saint Gregory (Avant: Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition; 1), revised edition, New Rochelle, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, page 206
  2. Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936), հաճարուկ”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names, Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 3015, page 518

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), հաճար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 16a
  • Ališan, Łewond (1895), հաճարուկ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1609, page 353
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), հաճարուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 10ab
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1983), “The Armenian botanical terms hačar, hačari and hačaruk”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes, volume 17, pages 13–17, preferring an identification with butcher's broom
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 694–695, 762
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