միրգ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian միրգ (mirg).

Pronunciation

Noun

միրգ • (mirg)

  1. fruit
    Synonyms: պտուղ (ptuġ), բար (bar)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Parthian 𐫖𐫏𐫃𐫅 (mygd /⁠miγδ⁠/), 𐫖𐫏𐫃𐫅𐫃 (mygdg /⁠miγδag⁠/, fruit), Sogdian [script needed] (mγδʾk, fruit).

Noun

միրգ • (mirg)

  1. fruit
    Synonym: պտուղ (ptuł)
    • 5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] V.7:[1]
      Եւ ի ժամ աղանդեր մատուցանելոյ՝ եդին առաջի նորա միրգ, խնձոր եւ վարունգ եւ ամիճ, զի կերիցէ․
      Ew i žam ałander matucʻaneloy, edin aṙaǰi nora mirg, xnjor ew varung ew amič, zi kericʻē;
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        And at the time for the presentation of dessert, they placed fruit before [Aršak]—apples and cucumbers and amič, that he might eat.

Declension

Derived terms

  • հաւամրգի (hawamrgi)
  • մաշկամիրգ (maškamirg)
  • մրգաբեր (mrgaber)
  • մրգաբերութիւն (mrgaberutʻiwn)
  • մրգաթափ (mrgatʻapʻ)
  • մրգալի (mrgali)
  • մրգամատոյց (mrgamatoycʻ)
  • մրգապահ (mrgapah)
  • մրգապահութիւն (mrgapahutʻiwn)
  • մրգապայծառ (mrgapaycaṙ)
  • մրգաջուր (mrgaǰur)
  • մրգաւէտ (mrgawēt)
  • մրգաքաղեմ (mrgakʻałem)
  • մրգիկ (mrgik)

Descendants

  • Armenian: միրգ (mirg)

References

  1. Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 199

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “միրգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “միրգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1956) “Armeno-Indoiranica”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 55, number 1, pages 117–118
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “միրգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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