զառիկ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian զառիկ (zaṙik).

Pronunciation

Noun

զառիկ (zaṙik)

  1. arsenic
    Synonym: մկնդեղ (mkndeġ)
  2. orpiment

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowing from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "MIr." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. *zarrīk, by assimilation from earlier *zarnīk. Compare Persian زرنی (zarnī), زرنه (zarna, arsenic) and the Iranian borrowings: Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Arabic زِرْنِيخ (zirnīḵ), زَرْنِيق (zarnīq), Turkish zırnık, Northern Kurdish zirnix, Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (gold), because of the golden color of orpiment.[1][2][3][4]

Noun

զառիկ (zaṙik)

  1. arsenic; orpiment
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Ašxarhacʻoycʻ [Geography] :
      Վեցերորդ՝ Կորճէք յելից կայ Մոկաց առ Ասորեստանիւ։ Եւ գաւառս ունի մետասան․ զԿորդիս, զԿորդիս վերին, զԿորդիս միջին, զԿորդիս ներքին, զԱյտուանս, զՄոթղանս, զՈրսիրանս, զԿարատունիս, զՃահուկ, զՓոքր Աղբակ։ Եւ ունի զառիկ․ եւ ի պտղոց՝ շահդանակ։
      Vecʻerord, Korčēkʻ yelicʻ kay Mokacʻ aṙ Asorestaniw. Ew gawaṙs uni metasan; zKordis, zKordis verin, zKordis miǰin, zKordis nerkʻin, zAytuans, zMotʻłans, zOrsirans, zKaratunis, zČahuk, zPʻokʻr Ałbak. Ew uni zaṙik; ew i ptłocʻ, šahdanak.
      • 1992 translation by Robert H. Hewsen
        Korčēkʿ is east of Mokkʿ by Assyria. It has eleven districts: Kordis, Upper Kordis, Middle Kordis, Lower Kordis, Aytuans, Motʿłans, Orsirans, Karatunis, Čahuk, and Lesser Ałbak. It has arsenic and among its fruits is the chestnut.

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: զառիկ (zaṙik), զառեկ (zaṙek)
  • Armenian: զառիկ (zaṙik)

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զառիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զառիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

References

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 149
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զառիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 81ab
  3. ^ Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 178
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 696