մաննեխ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms
  • մաննիխ (mannix)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian մանանիխ (mananix).

Noun

մաննեխ • (mannex)

  1. mustard (plant and seeds)
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ zor əntrel en imastasērkʿn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʿ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[1]
      ասփեկ = սպիտակ մաննեխ
      aspʻek = spitak mannex
      أَسْفَنْد (ʔasfand)[2] [√ Persian اسپندان (espandân)) = white mustard

Descendants
  • Armenian: մա̈նիխ (mänix) — Svedia

References
  1. Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 20, page 28
  2. Abu Rejxan Beruni (1973) Izbrannyje proizvedenija. Tom 4. Farmakognozija v medicine (Kitab as-Sajdana fi-tibb) [Selected Works. Volume 4. Book on the Pharmacopoeia of Medicine] (in Russian), research, translation, notes and indexes by U. I. Karimov, Tashkent: Uzbek SSR Academy Press, § 49, page 193

Further reading
  • 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
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մաննեխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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