ունաբ

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Armenian[edit]

Ունաբներ

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian յունապ (yunap), from Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb). Constantinople հո̈ւննաբ (hünnab) and Diyarbakir ՙուննաբ (ʻunnab) are new borrowings from Turkish and Arabic respectively.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ունաբ (unab)

  1. jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) (fruit and tree)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 47:[1]
      ունապ․ ծիծօլէ
      unap; cicōlē
      ունապ (unap) = zìzole

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 237

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “յունապ”, 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 409ab