բռնչի

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian բռնչի (bṙnčʻi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

բռնչի (bṙnčʻi)

  1. nettle tree (Celtis spp.)
    Synonyms: լտտենի (ltteni), տարտաղան (tartaġan)
  2. (literary) guelder rose (Viburnum opulus)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բռինչ”, 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 490–491
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բռնչենի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 214a

Middle Armenian[edit]

Celtis caucasica near Artvin, Western Armenia (now in eastern Turkey)

Etymology[edit]

բռինչ (bṙinčʻ, the corresponding fruit) +‎ (-i, botanical suffix)

Noun[edit]

բռնչի (bṙnčʻi)

  1. nettle tree (Celtis spp.)
    Synonym: տաղօնաղաճի (taġōnaġači)
    • 13th century, Patmutʿiwn vracʿ [The History of Georgians] , (some manuscripts have the misspelled variant բանչի (bančʻi), which has been included in several dictionaries):[1][2]
      [] եկի առ ծառովն բռնչի (var. բանչի), զոր ասեն հովանի Բարտոմայ արքայի []
      [] eki aṙ caṙovn bṙnčʻi (var. bančʻi), zor asen hovani Bartomay arkʻayi []
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        [] and sat by the brіпčʿ tree, which they call “the shade of king Bartam” []

Usage notes[edit]

See բռինչ (bṙinčʻ) for the identification of the tree.

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: բռնչի (bṙnčʻi)

References[edit]

  1. ^ J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʻiwn vracʻ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 48
  2. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1996) Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 101

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բռինչ”, 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 490–491
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “բանչի”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 169a, based on the misspelling in Patmutʻiwn vracʻ
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “բանչի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui. Mnacʻordkʻ noragiwt baṙicʻ ew vkayutʻeancʻ yawurs [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Newly-Discovered Words and Attestations] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1047b, based on the misspelling in Patmutʻiwn vracʻ
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “բռնչի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 127a