փուշ

Armenian

փշեր (1)

Etymology

From Old Armenian փուշ (pʿuš). For the sense "hangnail" compare Northern Kurdish pîj.

Pronunciation

Noun

փուշ (pʿuš)

  1. thorn; prickle
  2. fishbone
  3. bur; thornbush
  4. (dialectal) hangnail
  5. name for one of the khazes in Hampartsoum Limondjian's notation

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), փուշ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

Related to Northern Kurdish pûş (hay, dry grass; dry leaves; unmowed grass that grows in a meadow), Central Kurdish پووش (pûş, withered grass, hay), Talysh пүш (püš, straw; hull, husk; sweepings), Kermanic pūš (powder of medicinal plants for a circumcision wound), Persian پوش (puš), mostly پوشال (pušâl, chaff, excelsior, packing, padding, sawdust, splint, splinter, straw).[1][2][3][4]

The ultimate origin is uncertain.

Noun

փուշ (pʿuš)

  1. thorn, spine, prickle, quill
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).17.1–2:[5]
      Է զեռուն ինչ որ կոչի ոզնի՝ գնդաձեւ կերպարանաւք, եւ ողն նորա վառեալ է ամենայն փշովք։ Եւ փուշն նմանէ ծովային ոզնոցն։
      Ē zeṙun inčʿ or kočʿi ozni, gndajew kerparanawkʿ, ew ołn nora vaṙeal ē amenayn pʿšovkʿ. Ew pʿušn nmanē covayin oznocʿn.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There is a creeping animal called hedgehog, with a spherical shape, and its back is thoroughly armed with quills. And its quills look like those of the sea-urchin.
  2. thistle
  3. (music) a kind of khaz
  4. a kind of wound

Declension

Derived terms

  • ըղտափուշ (əłtapʿuš)
  • թանձրափուշ (tʿanjrapʿuš)
  • ժանտափուշ (žantapʿuš)
  • կառափուշ (kaṙapʿuš)
  • ուղտափուշ (ułtapʿuš)
  • չարափուշ (čʿarapʿuš)
  • սրափուշ (srapʿuš)
  • տափափուշ (tapʿapʿuš)
  • փշաբեր (pʿšaber)
  • փշաբերութիւն (pʿšaberutʿiwn)
  • փշաբոյս (pʿšaboys)
  • փշաբորբոք (pʿšaborbokʿ)
  • փշագետին (pʿšagetin)
  • փշադաժան (pʿšadažan)
  • փշազգած (pʿšazgac)
  • փշազգեստ (pʿšazgest)
  • փշալի (pʿšali)
  • փշալից (pʿšalicʿ)
  • փշախիլ (pʿšaxil)
  • փշածին (pʿšacin)
  • փշակերպ (pʿšakerp)
  • փշամոլ (pʿšamol)
  • փշայեղց (pʿšayełcʿ)
  • փշային (pʿšayin)
  • փշանամ (pʿšanam)
  • փշանիւթ (pʿšaniwtʿ)
  • փշանման (pʿšanman)
  • փշասգեստ (pʿšasgest)
  • փշատեսակ (pʿšatesak)
  • փշաքաղ (pʿšakʿał)
  • փշեայ (pʿšeay)
  • փշեղէն (pʿšełēn)
  • փշիկ (pʿšik)
  • փշուտ (pʿšut)
  • քստմնափուշ (kʿstmnapʿuš)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փուշ (pʿuš)

References

  1. Asatrian, Garnik; Borjian, Habib (2005), “Talish and the Talishis (The State of Research)”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 9, issue 1, page 53 of 43–72
  2. Asatrian, Garnik (2009), “Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 13, issue 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 42
  3. Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 335
  4. Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 82–83
  5. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 114–115, 151

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 524–525, unknown origin
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փուշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), փուշ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 768b, unknown origin
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 26, tentatively accepting Petersson's etymology
  • Petersson, Herbert (1926), “Armenische Etymologien”, in Indogermanische Forschungen (in German), volume 43, issue 1, page 74 of 69–79, deriving from Proto-Indo-European *(s)puḱwo-, from *pewḱ- (pine), whence Ancient Greek πεύκη (peúkē), Lithuanian pušìs (pine)
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փուշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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