ղանձլամեր

Armenian

Helleborus caucasicus

Alternative forms

Etymology

ղանձիլ (ġanjil, ramsons) + -ա- (-a-) + մեր (mer, mother)

Pronunciation

Noun

ղանձլամեր • (ġanjlamer)

  1. hellebore, Helleborus gen. et spp.[1]
    Synonyms: եղեբորոս (eġeboros), մրտի տակ (mrti tak), խարբախ (xarbax), ծննդյան վարդ (cnndyan vard), քրիստոսածաղիկ (kʻristosacaġik)

Usage notes

Only one Helleborus species is encountered in the territory of the Republic of Armenia—Helleborus orientalis subsp. orientalis (syn. Helleborus caucasicus), in the Lori province.

Declension

Derived terms

  • կեղծ ղանձլամեր (keġc ġanjlamer)

References

  1. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “ղանձլամեր”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 479a, page 61a

Further reading

  • Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), “ղանձլամեր”, in Hayastani bnašxarh [Nature of Armenia] (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 288
  • Hakobjanyan, Hratchia (2001–2002) “Sur la participation des noms de personne dans la composition semantique des phytonymes”, in Anaïd Donabédian, Agnès Ouzounian, editors, Slovo (in French), volumes 26–27, Actes du Sixième Colloque international de Linguistique arménienne: INALCO – Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 5–9 juillet 1999, Paris: Publications Langues'O, page 226 of 223–228
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