դարշիշան

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Middle Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic دَارْشِيشَعَان (dāršīšaʕān).

Noun[edit]

դարշիշան (daršišan)

  1. Calicotome spp.
    • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] :[1]
      Ավզուտի․ որ է դարշիշան:
      Avzuti; or ē daršišan:
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ zor əntrel en imastasērkʿn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʿ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[2][3]
      [the defined Arabic term is lost] = դարիշնիշան (vars. դարիշզան, դարիշղան)
      [the defined Arabic term is lost] = darišnišan (vars. darišzan, darišġan)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Basmaǰean, K. Y., editor (1926), Amirtovlatʻi Amasiacʻwoy angitacʻ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses of Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi]‎[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 443
  2. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 20, page 28
  3. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1925) Kʻnnadatutʻiwn Haybusaki [A Critique of Haybusak] (Azgayin matenadaran; 109) (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 83–84, correcting the manuscript by showing that the Arabic ասկալոնոս (askalonos) standing in front of this rather belongs to մկնասոխ (mknasox), the pair of դարշիշան (daršišan) being lost

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