քիմիոն

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كمیون (kimyon). Doublet of չաման (čʻaman).

Pronunciation

Noun

քիմիոն • (kʻimion)

  1. cumin, Cuminum cyminum (plant and seed)
    • 1614 – 1622, Asar Sebastacʻi, Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti [Book of Medical Art] :[1]
      Առ անիսոն և քիմիոն և քարօսի հունտ []
      Aṙ anison ew kʻimion ew kʻarōsi hunt []
    • 1614 – 1622, Asar Sebastacʻi, Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti [Book of Medical Art] :[2]
      Առ խաղուլայ և պասպասայ մէկ, մէկ բաժին, շաքար, քիմոն և նանխուհ []
      Aṙ xaġulay ew paspasay mēk, mēk bažin, šakʻar, kʻimon ew nanxuh []
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 62:[3]
      քիմեոն․ քումինօ
      kʻimeon; kʻuminō
      քիմեոն (kʻimeon) = cumino

Usage notes

Often confused with caraway, Carum carvi.

Declension

Alternative forms

References

  1. Asar Sebastacʻi (1993) Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti (XVI—XVII dd.) [Book of Medical Art (16–17th cc.)], preparation of the text, preface and dictionary by D. M. Karapetyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 130
  2. Asar Sebastacʻi (1993) Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti (XVI—XVII dd.) [Book of Medical Art (16–17th cc.)], preparation of the text, preface and dictionary by D. M. Karapetyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 149
  3. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 247

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “քիմյօն”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 362
  • Mkrtčjan, N. A. (1983) “Субстратные названия растений в армянском языке [Substratum Plant Names in Armenian]”, in Древний Восток (in Russian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 36–37
  • Caturyan, Tʻ. G. (1970) “քիմիոն”, in Astvacatryan Z. A., editor, Buyseri anunneri latineren-hayeren-ṙuseren baṙaran [Latin–Armenian–Russian Dictionary of Plant Names], 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, § 252, page 36, identifying with Carum
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