գինձ

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian գինձ (ginj). Doublet of քինձ (kʻinj) and քիշնիշ (kʻišniš).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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գինձ (ginj)

  1. coriander (the plant and the seeds)
    Synonyms: համեմ (hamem), (dialectal) քիշնիշ (kʻišniš)

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գինձ (ginj) գինձեր (ginjer)
dative գինձի (ginji) գինձերի (ginjeri)
ablative գինձից (ginjicʻ) գինձերից (ginjericʻ)
instrumental գինձով (ginjov) գինձերով (ginjerov)
locative գինձում (ginjum) գինձերում (ginjerum)
definite forms
nominative գինձը/գինձն (ginjə/ginjn) գինձերը/գինձերն (ginjerə/ginjern)
dative գինձին (ginjin) գինձերին (ginjerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գինձս (ginjs) գինձերս (ginjers)
dative գինձիս (ginjis) գինձերիս (ginjeris)
ablative գինձիցս (ginjicʻs) գինձերիցս (ginjericʻs)
instrumental գինձովս (ginjovs) գինձերովս (ginjerovs)
locative գինձումս (ginjums) գինձերումս (ginjerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գինձդ (ginjd) գինձերդ (ginjerd)
dative գինձիդ (ginjid) գինձերիդ (ginjerid)
ablative գինձիցդ (ginjicʻd) գինձերիցդ (ginjericʻd)
instrumental գինձովդ (ginjovd) գինձերովդ (ginjerovd)
locative գինձումդ (ginjumd) գինձերումդ (ginjerumd)

Descendants

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  • Northern Kurdish: gînz

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գինձ”, 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 559b

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *ginz (coriander). See Persian گشنیز (gešniz) for more.

Noun

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գինձ (ginj)

  1. coriander (the plant and the seeds)
    • 5th century, Bible, Exodus 16.14:[1]
      եւ ահա ի վերայ երեսաց անապատին մանր իբրեւ զգինձ (var. զգինծ), սպիտակ իբրեւ զեղեամն ի վերայ երկրին
      ew aha i veray eresacʻ anapatin manr ibrew zginj (var. zginc), spitak ibrew zełeamn i veray erkrin
      behold, on the face of the wilderness was a small thing like white coriander seed, as frost upon the earth
    • 5th century, Bible, Exodus 16.31:[2]
      Եւ անուանեցին որդիքն Իսրայելի զանուն նորա Ման։ եւ նա էր իբրեւ զսերմն գնձոյ (var. գնծոյ)՝ սպիտակ, եւ համ նորա իբրեւ զխորիսխ մեղու։
      Ew anuanecʻin ordikʻn Israyeli zanun nora Man. ew na ēr ibrew zsermn gnjoy (var. gncoy), spitak, ew ham nora ibrew zxorisx mełu.
      And the children of Israel called the name of it Man; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.
    • 5th century, Bible, Numbers 11.7:[3]
      Եւ մանանայն էր իբրեւ զսերմն գնձոյ (var. գնծոյ, գընծոյ, գնծո, գընձոյ) սպիտակ, եւ տեսիլ նորա իբրեւ զտեսիլ սառին։
      Ew mananayn ēr ibrew zsermn gnjoy (var. gncoy, gəncoy, gnco, gənjoy) spitak, ew tesil nora ibrew ztesil saṙin.
      And the manna is as coriander seed, and the appearance of it the appearance of hoar-frost.

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References

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  1. ^ Zeytʻunyan A. S., editor (1992), Girkʻ elicʻ [Book of Exodus]‎[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, critical text, page 109
  2. ^ Zeytʻunyan A. S., editor (1992), Girkʻ elicʻ [Book of Exodus]‎[2], Yerevan: Academy Press, critical text, page 111
  3. ^ Zēytʻunean A. S., editor (1998), Girkʻ Tʻuocʻ [Book of Numbers] (Hay hnagoyn tʻargmanakan yušarjanner), Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, critical text, pages 104–105

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գինձ”, 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 559b
  • Asatrian, Garnik (2009) “Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 13, number 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 41
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գինձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 553b
  • Bailey, H. W. (1963) “Arya IV¹”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 26, number 1, University of London, →DOI, page 71
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 36
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[3] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 156
  • Henning, W. B. (1963) “Coriander”, in Asia Major, New Series[4], volume X/2, pages 195–199
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 57
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գինձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 119b