ոսպն

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain.

Probably connected with Ancient Greek ὄσπριον (ósprion, pulse, legume).[1][2][3]

Mkrtčʿyan sees a rare alternative form սպ- (sp-) in the hapaxes Old Armenian սպ-օք (sp-ōkʻ, a kind of cereal or legume, instrumental plural?)[4][5] and Middle Armenian սպն-ա-խայտ (spn-a-xayt, (of a horse) speckled with lentil-shaped dots?)[6] and connects (ո)սպ(ն) ((o)sp(n)) with Akkadian 𒋛𒂊𒁍 (se-e-pu /⁠sēpu⁠/, a kind of cereal used to make bread), both supposedly borrowed from an unknown substrate language.[7][8]

Noun

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ոսպն (ospn)

  1. lentil
  2. lentigo

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: ոսպ (osp), ոսբ (osb)
  • Old Georgian: ოსპი (osṗi)

References

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  1. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ոսպնեայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 522a
  2. ^ Pictet, Adolphe (1859) Les origines indo-européennes, ou Les Aryas primitifs: essai de paléontologie linguistique, volume I, Paris: J. Cherbuliez, page 291
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 141
  4. ^ Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “սպօք”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2827, page 580
  5. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպօք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 267b
  6. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “սպնախայտ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 716b
  7. ^ Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2004) “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʻumner [Philological Corrections and Additions]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 3, pages 182–183
  8. ^ Mkrtčjan, N. A. (2005) Семитские языки и армянский [Semitic Languages and Armenian]‎[2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Drazark, →ISBN, page 283

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ոսպն”, 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, page 568ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոսպն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոսպն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy