մրտավարդ

Armenian

Մրտավարդենի կովկասյան

Etymology

From մուրտ (murt, myrtle) + -ա- (-a-) + վարդ (vard, rose). A modern scholarly creation.

Pronunciation

Noun

մրտավարդ • (mrtavard)

  1. rhododendron (Rhododendron gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: մրտավարդենի (mrtavardeni), (rare) վարդածառ (vardacaṙ)
    Hyponyms: լաշի (laši), կոմար (komar), եղրի (eġri), ծիֆին (cifin)

Usage notes

Only one species is found on the territory of the Republic of Armenia—Rhododendron caucasicum.[1]

Declension

Derived terms

  • մրտավարդենի (mrtavardeni)

References

  1. Taxtadžjan A. L., editor (1973), Flora Armenii [The Flora of Armenia] (in Russian), volume 6, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 7–8

Further reading

  • Ēminean, Srapion (1853) “rhododendron”, in Erekʻlezuean baṙagirkʻ aysinkʻn gaġġierēn-hayerēn-tačkerēn [Trilingual French–Armenian–Ottoman Dictionary], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 1123a
  • Gabamačean, Simon (1910) “մրտավարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hayerēn Lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Constantinople: R. Sakayan press, page 960a
  • Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Alpenrose”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 55a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “մրտավարդ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 863, page 69b
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “մրտավարդ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 377b
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “rhododendron”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 1091a
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