ամվաճ

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Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. Usually considered an unidentified Arabic borrowing. According to Vardanjan, a distortion of the synonymous Arabic أَمْسُوخ (ʔamsūḵ).

Noun

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ամվաճ (amvač)

  1. field horsetail, Equisetum arvense

References

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  1. ^ Basmaǰean, K. Y., editor (1926), Amirtovlatʻi Amasiacʻwoy angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses of Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi]‎[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 146, page 51
  2. ^ Vardanjan, Stella (1990) Амирдовлат Амасиаци, Ненужное для неучей (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, § 110, pages 49, 573

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամվաճ”, 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 164a
  • Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ամվաճ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 85, page 33
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ամվաճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 47b
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ամվաճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 40, incorrectly listing ամպաճ (ampač), անապաճ (anapač) as variant forms, apparently relying on Muradyan
  • Muradyan, M. H. (1972) “Baṙagitutʻyun [Lexicology]”, in Ē. B. Aġayan, editor, Aknarkner miǰin grakan hayereni patmutʻyan A [Essays on the History of the Middle Armenian Literary Language I], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 259a of 168–296, incorrectly listing together with ամպաճ (ampač), անապաճ (anapač)