լախուր

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Hittite [script needed] (laḫḫur-, leafy vegetation).[1]

Noun

լախուր • (laxur)

  1. celery, parsley, Apium[2]

Derived terms

  • ձիալախուր (jialaxur), ձիախուր (jiaxur)
  • սիւրալախուր (siwralaxur), սիրալախուր (siralaxur)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: նեխուր (nexur), նիախուր (niaxur), նիախօր (niaxōr), նէախօր (nēaxōr)
    • Armenian: նեխուր (nexur) (learned)
    • Georgian: ნიახური (niaxuri)
      • Bats: ნიახურ (niaxur)
      • Laz: ნიახური (niaxuri)
      • Svan: ნიახურ (niaxur)
  • Armenian: լախուր (laxur) (learned)

References

  1. Simon, Zsolt (2013) “Die These der hethitisch-luwischen Lehnwörter im Armenischen: eine kritische Neubetrachtung”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction (in German), volume 10, number 2, pages 107–108
  2. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “լախուր”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 569ab

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