վաղամեռուկ

Old Armenian

Etymology

վաղ (vał, “early”) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ մեռանիմ (meṙanim, “to die”)

Noun

վաղամեռուկ • (vałameṙuk)

1. scenanth, Andropogon schoenanthus
   • 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] :

     Ադխար = վաղամեռուկ։

     Adxar = vałameṙuk.

     Arabic إِذْخِر (ʔiḏḵir) = vałameṙuk

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: վաղմեռուկ (vaġmeṙuk)

Further reading

• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “վաղմեռուկ, վաղամեռուկ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2856, page 586
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վաղամեռուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “A. Schoenanthus”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names‎^[1], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 349, page 58
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վաղամեռուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy