դափնեվարդ

Armenian

Etymology

From դափնի (dapʻni, laruel) + -ա- (-a-) + վարդ (vard, rose). A modern calque of French laurier-rose or Ancient Greek ῥοδοδάφνη (rhododáphnē).

Pronunciation

Noun

դափնեվարդ • (dapʻnevard)

  1. oleander, Nerium oleander
    Synonyms: ճփնի (čpʻni), (Kessab) ջթնա (ǰtʻna), օլեանդր (ōleandr), նզրուվարդ (nzruvard)

Declension

References

  • Caturyan, Tʻ. G. (1970) “Nerium”, in Astvacatryan Z. A., editor, Buyseri anunneri latineren-hayeren-ṙuseren baṙaran [Latin–Armenian–Russian Dictionary of Plant Names], 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, § 836, page 82
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “դափնեվարդ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 264, page 25a
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “laurier-rose”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 736a
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