փուշ

Armenian

փշեր (1)

Etymology

From Old Armenian փուշ (pʻuš). For the sense "hangnail" compare Northern Kurdish pîj.

Pronunciation

Noun

փուշ • (pʻuš)

  1. thorn; prickle
  2. fishbone
  3. bur; thornbush
  4. (dialectal) hangnail
  5. name for one of the khazes in Hampartsoum Limondjian's notation

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “փուշ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

Related to Northern Kurdish pûş (hay, dry grass; dry leaves; unmowed grass that grows in a meadow), Central Kurdish پووش (pûş, withered grass, hay), Talysh пүш (püš, straw; hull, husk; sweepings), Kermanic pūš (powder of medicinal plants for a circumcision wound), Persian پوش (puš), mostly پوشال (pušâl, chaff, excelsior, packing, padding, sawdust, splint, splinter, straw).[1][2][3][4]

The ultimate origin is uncertain.

Noun

փուշ • (pʻuš)

  1. thorn, spine, prickle, quill
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).17.1–2:[5]
      Է զեռուն ինչ որ կոչի ոզնի՝ գնդաձեւ կերպարանաւք, եւ ողն նորա վառեալ է ամենայն փշովք։ Եւ փուշն նմանէ ծովային ոզնոցն։
      Ē zeṙun inčʻ or kočʻi ozni, gndajew kerparanawkʻ, ew ołn nora vaṙeal ē amenayn pʻšovkʻ. Ew pʻušn nmanē covayin oznocʻn.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There is a creeping animal called hedgehog, with a spherical shape, and its back is thoroughly armed with quills. And its quills look like those of the sea-urchin.
  2. thistle
  3. (music) a kind of khaz
  4. a kind of wound

Declension

Derived terms

  • ըղտափուշ (əłtapʻuš)
  • թանձրափուշ (tʻanjrapʻuš)
  • ժանտափուշ (žantapʻuš)
  • կառափուշ (kaṙapʻuš)
  • ուղտափուշ (ułtapʻuš)
  • չարափուշ (čʻarapʻuš)
  • սրափուշ (srapʻuš)
  • տափափուշ (tapʻapʻuš)
  • փշաբեր (pʻšaber)
  • փշաբերութիւն (pʻšaberutʻiwn)
  • փշաբոյս (pʻšaboys)
  • փշաբորբոք (pʻšaborbokʻ)
  • փշագետին (pʻšagetin)
  • փշադաժան (pʻšadažan)
  • փշազգած (pʻšazgac)
  • փշազգեստ (pʻšazgest)
  • փշալի (pʻšali)
  • փշալից (pʻšalicʻ)
  • փշախիլ (pʻšaxil)
  • փշածին (pʻšacin)
  • փշակերպ (pʻšakerp)
  • փշամոլ (pʻšamol)
  • փշայեղց (pʻšayełcʻ)
  • փշային (pʻšayin)
  • փշանամ (pʻšanam)
  • փշանիւթ (pʻšaniwtʻ)
  • փշանման (pʻšanman)
  • փշասգեստ (pʻšasgest)
  • փշատեսակ (pʻšatesak)
  • փշաքաղ (pʻšakʻał)
  • փշեայ (pʻšeay)
  • փշեղէն (pʻšełēn)
  • փշիկ (pʻšik)
  • փշուտ (pʻšut)
  • քստմնափուշ (kʻstmnapʻuš)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փուշ (pʻuš)

References

  1. Asatrian, Garnik, Borjian, Habib (2005) “Talish and the Talishis (The State of Research)”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 9, number 1, page 53 of 43–72
  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. Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 335
  4. 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 82–83
  5. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 114–115, 151

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փուշ”, 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 524–525, unknown origin
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փուշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “փուշ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 768b, unknown origin
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 26, tentatively accepting Petersson's etymology
  • Petersson, Herbert (1926) “Armenische Etymologien”, in Indogermanische Forschungen (in German), volume 43, number 1, page 74 of 69–79, deriving from Proto-Indo-European *(s)puḱwo-, from *pewḱ- (pine), whence Ancient Greek πεύκη (peúkē), Lithuanian pušìs (pine)
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փուշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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