օշնան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian օշնան (ōšnan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

օշնան (ōšnan) (literary)

  1. soapwort (Saponaria)
    Synonym: օճառախոտ (ōčaṙaxot)
  2. saltwort (Salsola)
    Synonym: օշան (ōšan)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “օշնան”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, page 102b

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The original spelling is աւշնան (awšnan). Borrowed from Middle Iranian. See Persian اشنان (ošnân) for more.

Noun[edit]

օշնան (ōšnan)

  1. saltwort (used as soap)
    • 5th century, Ełišē, Vasn Vardanay ew Hayocʿ paterazmin [History of Vardan and the Armenian War] :[1][2]
      Ոչ ոք ումեք ջուր ի ձեռս արկանէր, և ոչ կրտսերք աւագաց դաստառակս մատուցանէին․ չանկաւ օշնան ի ձեռս փափկասուն կանանց, և ոչ մատուցաւ եւղ ի զուարթութիւն խրախութեան։
      Očʻ okʻ umekʻ ǰur i jeṙs arkanēr, ew očʻ krtserkʻ awagacʻ dastaṙaks matucʻanēin; čʻankaw ōšnan i jeṙs pʻapʻkasun kanancʻ, ew očʻ matucʻaw ewł i zuartʻutʻiwn xraxutʻean.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        No one poured water over another’s hands; the younger did not offer the older towels. The delicate women did not use soap, nor were they offered oil for merry feasting.

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Armenian: օշնան (ōšnan), օշան (ōšan)
  • Armenian: օշնան (ōšnan) (learned)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ełišē (1957) E. Tēr-Minasean, editor, Vasn Vardanay ew hayocʻ paterazmin [History of Vardan and the Armenian War], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 201
  2. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1982) Ełišē, History of Vardan and the Armenian War (Harvard Armenian texts and studies; 5)‎[1], Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Harvard University Press, page 245