փշարմավ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From փուշ (pʿuš, thorn) + արմավ (armav, palm). Probably a calque of German Stechpalme, coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna.

Pronunciation

Noun

փշարմավ (pʿšarmav) (rare)

  1. holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Declension

See also

References

  • Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors (1986), փշարմավ”, in Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume 12, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʿyun, page 352b
  • Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʿ (1884–1889), Stechpalme”, in Baṙagirkʿ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 1341b
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981), փշարմավ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 1240, page 98
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