առուոյտ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• առւուտ (aṙwut), առվոյտ (aṙvoyt), առոյտ (aṙoyt), առուտ (aṙut), առուոտ (aṙuot), առաւիտ (aṙawit), առաւոյտ (aṙawoyt), առաւօտ (aṙawōt), առաւետ (aṙawet)

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Compare dialectal Georgian ალავერდი (alaverdi, “alfalfa”), Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”), Ancient Greek ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, “chickpea”), ὄροβος (órobos, “bitter vetch”), Latin ervum (“vetch”).

Noun

առուոյտ • (aṙuoyt)

1. alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa
   • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :

     միդիկարին (var. մեդիկարին) = առուոյտ (vars. առաւոյտ, առուոյս)։

     midikarin (var. medikarin) = aṙuoyt (vars. aṙawoyt, aṙuoys).

     μηδίκη (mēdíkē) = aṙuoyt

   • 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] :

     առատաբա = առաւոյտ (var. առվոյդ)

     aṙataba = aṙawoyt (var. aṙvoyd)

     الرَطْبَة (ar-raṭba) = aṙawoyt

Derived terms

• իշառուոյտ (išaṙuoyt)
• առաւիտանոց (aṙawitanocʻ)

Descendants

• Armenian: առվույտ (aṙvuyt)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առուոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265ab
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “առուոյտ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 158–9, pages 47–48
• Artʻinean, Yovhannēs (1906) Tunkerə ew anoncʻ hayerēn anunnerə [Des plantes et de leurs noms arméniens] (in Armenian), Paris: D. Dogramadjian, pages 8–9
• Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 29
• Greppin, John A. C. (1992) “Mediterranian Botanical Loanwords in Classical Armenian”, in John A. C. Greppin, editor, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Armenian Linguistics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio September 14–18, 1991, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 71–72
• Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “առուոյտ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎^[2] (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 241a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “առուոյտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 75b
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “առուոյտ կապոյտ, առուոտ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 76b
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “առվոտ, առվուտ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 77n