մարգարիտ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian մարգարիտ (margarit).

Pronunciation

Noun

մարգարիտ (margarit)

  1. pearl

Declension

References


Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan derives from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs) but because of the very early attestation of the word in Armenian, when Greek borrowings were not happening yet, he assumes a mediation by Latin margarīta, margarītum.

However, nowadays the Greek word is considered an Iranian borrowing and *margārīt has been reconstructed in Parthian. See Persian مروارید (marvârid, morvârid) for details. If this is correct, Old Armenian մարգարիտ (margarit) should be considered a Parthian borrowing.

Noun

մարգարիտ (margarit)

  1. pearl
  2. (post-Classical, botany) daisy
  3. (post-Classical, chemistry) margarine

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարգարիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարգարիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարգարիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 277–278