պատկառուկ

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Armenian

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պատկառուկ

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պատկառուկ (patkaṙuk). By surface analysis, պատկառել (patkaṙel) +‎ -ուկ (-uk). The flower name was probably coined by the Mekhitarists of Venice.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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պատկառուկ (patkaṙuk)

  1. humble plant, shame weed (Mimosa, particularly Mimosa pudica)
    Synonyms: ամփոփուկ (ampʻopʻuk), ամոթխած միմոզա (amotʻxac mimoza)

Declension

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Adjective

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պատկառուկ (patkaṙuk) (superlative ամենապատկառուկ) (dated)

  1. bashful, shy; humble
    Synonym: ամաչկոտ (amačʻkot)

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References

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  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “պատկառուկ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 985, page 79a
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1804) “sensitiva”, in Baṙaran yitalakan lezuē i hay ew i tačik barbaṙ [Dizionario Italiano-Armeno-Turco], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 724b
  • Rēstēn, Mikʻayēl (1822) “միմօսա”, in Bžškakanutʻiwn [Medicine] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 279