սինձ

Armenian

Etymology 1

Widespread in the dialects. The origin is uncertain. Ačaryan identifies with homonymous սինձ (sinj, hawthorn).[1] Asatrian derives from the Iranian family discussed in Persian اسفناج (esfenâj).[2] Compare especially Northern Kurdish şeng, şing (Tragopogon pratensis) from that family.[3]

Alternative forms

  • սինծ (sinc)

Pronunciation

Noun

սինձ • (sinj)

  1. goatsbeard (Tragopogon)[4]
    Synonyms: քոշմորուք (kʻošmorukʻ), բամպուլուկ (bampuluk), քուշմաթ (kʻušmatʻ)
Declension
Descendants
  • Northern Kurdish: sînz (goatsbeard)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 216–217
  2. Asatrian, Garnik (2009) “Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 13, number 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 42
  3. Kasımoğlu, Ahmet, Dirihî, Ehmedê (2013) Kadri Yıldırım, editor, Ferhenga Navên Nebatan a Kurdî [Dictionary of Kurdish Plant Names], Istanbul: Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi, →ISBN, pages 740, 753
  4. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “սինձ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 1092, page 86a

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Armenian սինձ (sinj), սինծ (sinc, hawthorn), which Ačaṙyan identifies with Armenian սինձ (sinj, goatsbeard), Old Armenian սինձ (sinj, sticky substance), սոսինձ (sosinj, glue), and leaves the origin open.[1] Likely related to Northern Kurdish sinc (silverberry)[2] and of Iranian origin.[3]

Noun

սինձ • (sinj)[4][1]

  1. (dialectal, Moks, New Julfa) hawthorn
    Synonym: սզնի (szni)
Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 216–217
  2. Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 261–262
  3. Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 399a
  4. Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “սինձ”, in Словарь наречия Мокса [Dictionary of Moks Dialect] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.1) (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 326

Further reading

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 576
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