մանուշակ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian մանուշակ (manušak).

Pronunciation

Noun

մանուշակ • (manušak)

  1. violet (flower)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From earlier *մանաւշակ (*manawšak), from Middle Persian *manafšak, a by-form of wnpšk' (wanafšag); see there for more. See also Middle Armenian մանիշակ (manišak) and մանօշայ (manōšay).

For the Iranian af → Old Armenian ու (u) sound change compare սուսեր (suser).

Noun

մանուշակ • (manušak)

  1. violet (flower)

Declension

Derived terms

  • մանուշակաբեր (manušakaber)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մանուշակ (manušak)
  • Ossetian: ма́лусӕг (málusæg, snowdrop)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մանուշակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մանուշակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մանուշակ”, 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 256
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 759
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