եղրևանի

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian եղրեւանի (eġrewani).

Pronunciation

Noun

եղրևանի • (eġrewani)

  1. lilac, Syringa[2] (shrub)

Declension

Synonyms

  • շեփորուկ (šepʻoruk), լելակ (lelak), յասաման (yasaman), հազարագեղ (hazarageġ), (by confusion, Azerbaijan)[1] հասմիկ (hasmik)

Derived terms

  • եղրվանիկ (eġrvanik)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “եղրևանի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 25ab
  2. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “եղրևանի”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 312, pages 28–29

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Persian ارغوان (arğavân) + (-i).[1] Doublet of արճուան (arčuan).

Noun

եղրևանի • (eġrewani)[2]

  1. common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)[3] (shrub)

Descendants

  • Armenian: եղրեւանի (eġrewani)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “եղրևանի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 25ab
  2. Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “lilas”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 749b
  3. Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 349
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