ծիրան

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Armenian

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ծիրան

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Armenian ծիրան (ciran), from Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran). For the sense “vulva” compare մամուխ (mamux).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ծիրան (ciran)

  1. apricot (the fruit of Prunus armeniaca)
    ծիրանի ծառcirani caṙapricot tree
  2. (by extension, colloquial) apricot tree
    Synonym: ծիրանենի (ciraneni)
  3. (dialectal, euphemistic) vulva

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Georgian: წირანი (c̣irani)

Further reading

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Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran).

Noun

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ծիրան (ciran)

  1. apricot (the fruit of Prunus armeniaca)
    Synonym: մշմիշ (mšmiš)
    • 12–13th century, Mxitʻar Goš, Aṙakkʻ [Fables] 15:[1][2]
      Ի միասին սալոր և դամոն և ծիրան ամբաստանեցան՝ թէ ընդէ՛ր զատամունս հարկանեն։
      I miasin salor ew damon ew ciran ambastanecʻan, tʻē əndḗr zatamuns harkanen.
      • Translation by Robert Bedrosian
        The plum, prune and apricot were all accused of setting the teeth on edge.
    • 13th century, Girkʻ Vastakocʻ [Geoponica] 237:[3]
      Զծիրանն եւս այսպէս արա, որ կուտն քաղցրանայ։
      Zcirann ews ayspēs ara, or kutn kʻaġcʻranay.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Mxitʻar Goš (1951) Ēm. Pivazyan, editor, Aṙakner [Fables] (Grakan hušarjanner; 1)‎[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 67
  2. ^ Bedrosian, Robert (1987) Elise Antreassian, editor, The Fables of Mkhitar Gosh[2], New York: Ashod Press, § 30
  3. ^ Ališan Ġ., editor (1877), Girkʻ vastakocʻ [Geoponica], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 150

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծիրան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ծիրան”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[4], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 323
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ծիրան”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 346b

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. A presence in at least late Old Armenian is assured by appearance in the Greek section of the Galen dictionary and by the Arabic borrowing ثِيرَان (ṯīrān) attested in a work written in 902–903.

Almost certainly related to Old Armenian ծիրանի (cirani, purple) attested since the Classical period (5th c.), although some doubt persists because the purple is not the main color of the apricot.

Even though the apricot has been considered an Armenian fruit (compare Translingual Prunus armeniaca, Latin armeniacum, Italian armellino, Ancient Greek μῆλον Ἀρμενιακόν (mêlon Armeniakón), Arabic [script needed] (tuffāḥ al-armanī, apricot)), it is not native to the Armenian Highland but has spread from Central Asia to West Asia to Mediterranean Europe & North Africa. See the Wikipedia article for more.

Closely related to Georgian ჭერამი (č̣erami), Abkhaz а-ҷара́м (a-čʼarám, apricot). Possibly also related to several words found in some Indo-Iranian languages of the Hindu Kush, Pamir and Western Himalaya: Yazghulami čiray, Munji čīrī, Prasuni cirẽ, Ashkun cirä̃, Kamkata-viri cirə, Kashmiri ژیر (ċēr), Bhadrawahi [script needed] (čīrõ, apricot). Note also Central Kurdish شْڵانە (şillane), شێڵانە (şêllane), Gurani شێڵانێ (šɛłānɛ) and Alviri-Vidari شیلان (šilān, apricot).

Old Armenian ծիրանի (cirani, purple) is closely related to Svan წჷრნი (c̣ərni), წჷრა̈ნი (c̣əräni, red), წჷრან (c̣əran, measles; pear variety), possibly also to Tsakhur чӏаран (čʼaran, red).

The interralationship of all these forms has not been satisfactorily explained.

Noun

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ծիրան (ciran)

  1. apricot (the fruit of Prunus armeniaca)

References

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  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen[3], Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 23

Further reading

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