տնջրի

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • տնճրի (tnčri)[1] (literary-normalized reconstruction)
  • տընջըրի (tənǰəri), տընջըրէ (tənǰərē), տինջիրի (tinǰiri), տինջիրէ (tinǰirē)[2]
  • տընջըրե (tənǰəre), տնջրե (tnǰre), տնջըրե (tnǰəre)
  • տնճերի (tnčeri), տնզըրի (tnzəri), տնզերի (tnzeri)[3][4]

Etymology

As shown by Martirosyan, derived from Middle Armenian ճանդարի (čandari) through metathesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

տնջրի • (tnǰri)

  1. (dialectal, Karabakh) plane tree (Platanus)
    • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʻi or Sargis Evdokiacʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Ս.431:
      սօսի· տնջրի, որ է չինարի
      sōsi· tnǰri, or ē čʻinari
      sōsi ‘plane’ = tnǰri, which is čʿinari ‘plane’
  2. (dialectal, Karabakh) poplar (the attestation of this sense is uncertain)

Declension

Derived terms

  • տընջըրօտ (tənǰərōt) / տինջիրօտ (tinǰirōt)
  • տնջրենի (tnǰreni)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “տնճրի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 1036–1037
  2. Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “տընջըրի”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 728c
  3. Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “տնճերի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2971, page 612
  4. Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “սօս”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2848, page 584

Further reading

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “տնջրի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 763b
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2014) “Armenian čandari ‘plane tree’”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 18, number 1, pages 51–63
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