հրուշակ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խրուշակ (xrušak), խուրուշակ (xurušak) New Julfa
  • հրէ՛շա̈կ (hrḗšäk) Agulis
  • հո̈ւրիշէկ (hürišēk) Burdur
  • հարուշակ (harušak) obsolete

Etymology

From Old Armenian *հրուշակ (*hrušak), borrowed from Middle Iranian: compare Middle Persian 𐫛𐫡𐫇𐫢𐫃 (prwšg), 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫢𐫃 (frwšg /frōšag/, a dish, a kind of sweetmeats), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄lwšk' /afrōšag/, a sweetmeat made of flour, butter, and honey), Classical Persian فروشه (farūša), افروشه (afrūša, a kind of confection), Northern Kurdish herûşk, hevrêşk, Central Kurdish ھەرمێشک (hermêşk), Chorasmian [script needed] (ʾfrwšyk, a kind of confection).[1][2][3][4]

Included in HHB[5] as an Old Armenian word, but the place of attestation is unknown. The oldest attestation recorded by Ačaṙyan is in a poem by Nałaš Yovnatʿan in the form հարուշակ (harušak). In any case, based on the shape of the word and the dialectal forms, *հրուշակ (*hrušak) must have existed in the Classical period.

Pronunciation

Noun

հրուշակ (hrušak)

  1. candy, sweetmeat, confection
  2. (dialectal) halva
    Synonym: հալվա (halva)

Declension

Derived terms

  • հրուշագործ (hrušagorc)
  • հրուշակագործ (hrušakagorc)
  • հրուշակաթխվածք (hrušakatʿxvackʿ)
  • հրուշակային (hrušakayin)
  • հրուշակավաճառ (hrušakavačaṙ)
  • հրուշակավաճառանոց (hrušakavačaṙanocʿ)
  • հրուշակավաճառուհի (hrušakavačaṙuhi)
  • հրուշակարան (hrušakaran)
  • հրուշակեղեն (hrušakełen)

References

  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 185
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), հրուշակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 138b
  3. Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 44a
  4. Benzing, Johannes (1983), “ʾfrwšyk”, in Chwaresmischer Wortindex, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, page 33
  5. Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1769), հրուշակ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Mnacʿordkʿ grabaṙ baṙicʿ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. The Remainder of Old Armenian Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 199b
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