սերկևիլ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սերկեֆիլ (serkefil) dialectal

Etymology

From Old Armenian սերկեւիլ (serkewil).

Pronunciation

Noun

սերկևիլ (serkewil)

  1. quince (fruit)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սերկիւիլ (serkiwil), սրկեւիլ (srkewil), սորովիլ (sorovil)

Etymology

Related to Akkadian 𒄑𒄒𒆳𒊏 (/supurgillu/, quince), Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ (ˀespargəlā), Arabic سفرجل (safarjal, quince). All possibly borrowed from Hurro-Urartian.

Noun

սերկևիլ (serkewil)

  1. quince
    • 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.

Derived terms

  • սերկեւլի (serkewli)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սերկեւիլ (serkewil)

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

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սերկևիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սերկևիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985), “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, issue 4, pages 597–603
  • Mkrtčjan, N. A. (1983), “Субстратные названия растений в армянском языке [Substratum Plant Names in Armenian]”, in Древний Восток (in Russian), issue 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 34–35
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սերկևիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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