սոնիճ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian սոնիճ (sonič).

Pronunciation

Noun

սոնիճ • (sonič)

  1. nigella, Nigella[1] (plant and spice)

Declension

References

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

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian, from Middle Iranian. Doublet of շոնիզ (šoniz). See Arabic شُونِيز (šūnīz) for more.

Noun

սոնիճ • (sonič)

  1. black cumin, Nigella sativa

Descendants

  • Armenian: սոնիճ (sonič)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սոնիճ”, 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) “սոնիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 273
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “սոնիճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սոնիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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