մանանիխ

• մանանեխ (mananex) — post-Classical

The origin is unknown. Has a shape comparable to the Hurro-Urartian անանուխ (ananux).

մանանիխ • (mananix)

1. mustard (plant and seeds)
   • 5th century, Bible, Matthew 13.31:

     Այլ առակ արկ առ նոսա՝ եւ ասէ․ նմանէ արքայութիւն երկնից հատոյ մանանխոյ․ զոր առեալ մարդոյ՝ սերմանեաց յագարակի իւրում։

     Ayl aṙak ark aṙ nosa, ew asē; nmanē arkʻayutʻiwn erknicʻ hatoy mananxoy; zor aṙeal mardoy, sermaneacʻ yagaraki iwrum.

     He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

• Armenian: մանանեխ (mananex)
• Middle Armenian: մաննեխ (mannex), մաննիխ (mannix)
  • Armenian: մա̈նիխ (mänix) — Svedia

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մանանիխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 251a
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մանանեխ”, 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 191
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մանանիխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 507a
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 937
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մանանեխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy