նուռն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Hurrian 𒉡𒊏𒀭𒋾 (nu-ra-an-ti /⁠nuranti⁠/, pomegranate), which is related to Hittite 𒉡𒊏𒋾 (/⁠nurati-⁠/), and Akkadian 𒉡𒊑𒅎𒁺 (nu-ri-im-du /⁠nurimdu, nurimtu⁠/, pomegranate), Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /⁠nurma⁠/), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /⁠nurmû⁠/, pomegranate). See Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for another order of the consonants.

Noun

նուռն • (nuṙn)

  1. pomegranate fruit
    նռան ծաղիկnṙan całikflower of wild pomegranate-tree
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 644:[1][2]
      Սոյնպէս կիտրոնն եւ ապաբաղսամոնն եւ դափնին եւ ձիթենին գեղեցիկ եւ սերկեւիլն եւ մուրտն եւ ընկոյզն եւ նուշն եւ քնարուկն եւ հաճարուկն եւ թութն եւ նուռնն եւ հոյնն:
      Soynpēs kitronn ew apabałsamonn ew dapʻnin ew jitʻenin gełecʻik ew serkewiln ew murtn ew ənkoyzn ew nušn ew kʻnarukn ew hačarukn ew tʻutʻn ew nuṙnn ew hoynn:
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Likewise the lemon and balsamon, and laurel and beautiful olive tree, and quince and myrtle, and nut and almond, and lotus and holly, and mulberry and pomegranate and cornel tree.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: նուռ (nuṙ)

References

  1. Agatʻangełos (1909) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Kanayeancʻ, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.2), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 330
  2. Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The teaching of Saint Gregory (Avant: Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition; 1), revised edition, New Rochelle, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, page 206

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 426
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “նուռն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 574a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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