լորենի

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Etymology[edit]

Unattested in Old or Middle Armenian. Found only in North-Western and North-Eastern dialects. Formed with the botanical suffix +‎ -ենի (-eni).

Probably a Northeast Caucasian borrowing: compare Avar лъор (lˢor, linden; hornbeam; aspen), Andi лъор (lˢor, elm; hornbeam; aspen). According to Xajdakov, these are cognate with Lak хьхьири (x̂:iri), Dargwa хур (χur), Tabasaran хяржж (ꭓjaržž), Godoberi хари (χari), all meaning "linden".[3] See also Nikolayev / Starostin for the Caucasian words.[4]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

լորենի (loreni)

  1. lime, linden, Tilia[5][6]
    Synonyms: թմբի (tʻmbi), կակղի (kakġi), ըխլամուր (əxlamur)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լռնի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 247b
  2. ^ Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լոռի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 244a
  3. ^ Хайдаков, С. М. (1973) Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь дагестанских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Dagestan Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 193, without the Armenian
  4. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*x_wīrʕi ( ~ -ĕ)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, without the Armenian
  5. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “լորենի”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 449, page 39a
  6. ^ Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “լորենի”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names[2], Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 3422, page 587

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