զաֆրան

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian զաֆրան (zafran), զափրան (zapʻran), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān). In some dialects borrowed via Turkic.

Pronunciation

Noun

զաֆրան • (zafran) (dialectal)

  1. saffron
    Synonym: քրքում (kʻrkʻum)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 18:[1]
      զաֆրան․ ցաֆրանօ
      zafran; cʻafranō
      զաֆրան (zafran) = zafferano

Declension

Alternative forms

  • զաֆռան (zafṙan), զա̈փռա̈ն (zäpʻṙän)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 222

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “զաֆռան”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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