եղրի

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Armenian

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Rhododendron luteum

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A dialectal word from the region of Pontus. Of unknown origin. Compare synonymous Georgian იელი (ieli).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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եղրի (eġri) (Hamshen)

  1. yellow azalea, honeysuckle azalea, pontic azalea (Rhododendron luteum)
    Synonym: ծիֆին (cifin)
    Hypernym: մրտավարդ (mrtavard)

Usage notes

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Ačaṙean relates that bees produce խելառ մեղր (xelaṙ meġr, mad honey) from the nectar of this flower. In Turkish it is called deli bal.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: eğri[1]

References

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  1. ^ Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 20, page 60

Further reading

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1=Rh. flavum

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Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia[1], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 344, page 73

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “եղրի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 216b, suspecting derivation from Pokorny's Proto-Indo-European *el- (red, brown (in names of trees and animals)) root
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “մրտավարդ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 863, page 69b, treating as a synonym of the genus name մրտավարդ (mrtavard)
  • Tʻahmaz, Xačʻatur (2014) “ըղրի”, in J̌enigi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Canik dialect]‎[2] (in Armenian), Sochi
  • Yovakimean (Aršakuni), Yovakim (1967) Patmutʻiwn Haykakan Pontosi [The History of Armenian Pontus]‎[3], Beirut: Mshak, page 932b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “ըղրի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 42a