մարխ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մարխ (marx).

Pronunciation

Noun

մարխ • (marx)

  1. (dialectal) resinous wood that ignites easily

Declension

References

  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “մարխ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մարխ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Said to be from Persian مرخ (marx),[1][2] but this is doubtful in view of the variant form մախր (maxr). Related to Northern Kurdish merx (a variety of juniper), Arabic مَرْخ (marḵ, Leptadenia pyrotechnica), Akkadian 𒎌 (MEŠ /⁠miḫru⁠/, a fir tree”, “possibly Juniperus excelsa), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎃𐎗 (mḫr, a conifer, only retained in a place-name). All possibly continuing Hurrian 𒈠𒄴𒊑 (ma-aḫ-ri /⁠māḫri⁠/, juniper).[3] Compare also Lak мархъ (marq), Budukh мерх (merx, birch).

Noun

մարխ • (marx) (genitive singular մարխի)

  1. a kind of a resinous conifer, perhaps Pinus pinea or Pinus cembra
    Synonym: մարխի (marxi)
  2. the resinous wood of this tree that ignites easily
    • 13th century, Girkʻ Vastakocʻ [Geoponica] 52:
      [] եւ ապա ա՛ռ սեւ ձիւթ եւ կվենւոյ փայտի կամ մարխի սղոցուքով []
      [] ew apa áṙ sew jiwtʻ ew kvenwoy pʻayti kam marxi sġocʻukʻov []

Derived terms

  • մարխի (marxi)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մարխ (marx)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարխ”, 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 284b
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մարխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 517a
  3. Greppin, John A. C. (1991) “The Survival of Ancient Anatolian and Mesopotamian Vocabulary Until the Present”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 50, number 3, pages 206–207

Further reading

  • “miḫru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977, page 60
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մարխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մարխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 502b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2004) “A Botanical Snapshot of Ugaritic”, in Aula Orientalis, volume 22, number 1, Barcelona, pages 115–116
  • Fournet, Arnaud (2013) “About the Vocalic System of Armenian Words of Substratic Origin”, in Archív Orientalni, volume 81, number 2, pages 207–222
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