աւշակ
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- օշակ (ōšak), օշախ (ōšax), աւշախ (awšax), օշաղ (ōšaġ), օշ (ōš), աւշ (awš), վաշակ (vašak), վաշախ (vašax), վաշաղ (vašaġ)
Etymology
From Arabic أُشَّق (ʔuššaq), وُشَّق (wuššaq). Some of the alternative forms are probably directly from the Middle Iranian source of the Arabic.
Noun
աւշակ • (awšak)
- gum ammoniac, ammoniacum
- 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :[1]
- ասաիճ (vars. ասայիճ, աստիճ) = վաշակ որ է օշ (vars. վաղակ որ է օշակ, վաշակն որ է աւշախն, վաշակ որ է աւշ)
- asaič (vars. asayič, astič) = vašak or ē ōš (vars. vałak or ē ōšak, vašakn or ē awšaxn, vašak or ē awš)
- أُشَّج (ʔuššaj) = vašak which is the ōš
- ասաիճ (vars. ասայիճ, աստիճ) = վաշակ որ է օշ (vars. վաղակ որ է օշակ, վաշակն որ է աւշախն, վաշակ որ է աւշ)
Descendants
- → Armenian: ավշակ (avšak)
References
- Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 162
- Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 29, page 33
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 362a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 262
- Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “օշախ, օշակ, օշաղ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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