վարունգ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վարունգ (varung).

Pronunciation

Noun

վարունգ • (varung)

  1. cucumber
    Synonym: (dialectal) խիար (xiar)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Parthian 𐫇𐫀𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫗𐫃 (wʾdrwng /⁠wādrūng⁠/, lemon balm, balm mint), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾtlng /⁠wādrang⁠/, citron), Persian بادرنگ (bâdrang, a species of cucumber; an orange), وارنگ (vârang, a long crooked cucumber; a large lemon or orange-tree) and Kurdish باروونە (barûne, citron).

Noun

վարունգ • (varung)

  1. cucumber
    մանր վարունգmanr varunggherkin
    իշկոյ վարունգiškoy varungelaterium, wild cucumber; colocynth
    • 5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] V.7:[1]
      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. citron
  3. ripe autumn fruit

Declension

Derived terms

  • վարնգենի (varngeni)
  • վարնկենի (varnkeni)

Descendants

  • Armenian: վարունգ (varung)

References

  1. Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 199

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վարունգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վարունգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վարունգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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