հարկուտի

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Found only in a medieval Arabic–Armenian botanical dictionary. Both the Arabic term and its Armenian translation are unclear.

Noun[edit]

հարկուտի (harkuti)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[1]
      Շիրամշուճ (manuscript variants: շիրամշուջ, շիրամղուճ)· հարկուտի։
      Širamšuč (manuscript variants: širamšuǰ, širamłuč)· harkuti.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 127, page 94

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շիրամշուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 520b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հարկուտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 60b, amending to *շիրամշուղ (*širamšuł) (= Turkish sarmaşık) and glossing as բաղեղ (baġeġ, ivy)
  • Amalyan, H. M. (1966) Miǰnadaryan Hayastani baṙaranagrakan hušarjannerə (V—XV dd.) [Lexicographic Monuments of Medieval Armenia (V—XV centuries)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 201
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “հարկուտի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1652, page 361
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “շիրամշուն”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2315, page 486