ամիճ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ամիճ (amič).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ամիճ (amič)

  1. (dated) a certain dainty dish containing game meat

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A Middle Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian ʾmyc (āmiz) and see it for more.

Noun[edit]

ամիճ (amič)

  1. a certain dainty dish containing game meat
    • 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.

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ամիճ (amič)

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամիճ”, 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, pages 156–157