խնձոր

Armenian

խնձոր

Etymology

From Old Armenian խնձոր (xnjor).

Pronunciation

Noun

խնձոր • (xnjor)

  1. apple

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hurrian 𒄭𒂗𒍪𒊒 (ḫe-en-zu-ru /⁠ḫenzūru, ḫinzur(i)⁠/)[1] (possibly to be transcribed ḫnzor(i)), or its unattested Urartian cognate. Akkadian 𒄭𒂗𒍪𒊒 (/⁠ḫinzūru⁠/), Aramaic חֲזוּרָא (ḥăzzūrā), Classical Syriac ܚܙܘܪܐ (ḥazzūrā) and possibly Sumerian 𒄑𒄩𒋗𒌫 (GIŠḫa-šu-ur2 /⁠ḫašḫur⁠/) are borrowed from the same source.

Noun

խնձոր • (xnjor)

  1. apple (fruit)
    • 5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] V.7:[2]
      Եւ ի ժամ աղանդեր մատուցանելոյ՝ եդին առաջի նորա միրգ, խնձոր եւ վարունգ եւ ամիճ, զի կերիցէ․
      Ew i žam ałander matucʻaneloy, edin aṙaǰi nora mirg, xnjor ew varung ew amič, zi kericʻē;
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        And at the time for the presentation of dessert, they placed fruit before [Aršak]—apples and cucumbers and amič, that he might eat.
  2. apple tree
  3. (figurative) the round part of the dome under the cross

Declension

Derived terms

  • գետնախնձոր (getnaxnjor)
  • խնծորխոտ (xncorxot)
  • խնձորաբեր (xnjoraber)
  • խնձորակուլ (xnjorakul)
  • խնձորենի (xnjoreni)
  • խնձորի (xnjori)
  • խնձորիկ (xnjorik)
  • կարմրախնձոր (karmraxnjor)
  • ոսկեխնձոր (oskexnjor)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խնձոր (xnjor)
  • Middle Armenian: խնծոր (xncor)

References

  1. Kapancjan, G. A. (1951) “Хурритские слова армянского языка [The Hurrian words of Armenian]”, in Archív Orientalni (in Russian), volume 19, numbers 3–4, page 588 of 579–605 = Kapancjan, G. A. (1951) “Хурритские слова армянского языка [The Hurrian words of Armenian]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences] (in Russian), number 5, pages 33–34
  2. Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 199

Further reading

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