ծիրան

Armenian

ծիրան

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran). For the development of the sense “vulva” compare մամուխ (mamux).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծիրան (ciran)

  1. apricot (fruit)
    ծիրանի ծառcirani caṙapricot tree
  2. apricot-tree
  3. (dialectal) vulva

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin in uncertain.

According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from an unidentified Hurro-Urartian source, together with Georgian ჭერამი (č̣erami) and Abkhaz а-ҷара́м (ā-č̣̍ārā́m, apricot).[1]

Olsen derives from an Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *ȷ́r̥Hanyam (gold), referring to the fruit's colour. Note also ծիրանի (cirani, purple), which is either formed within Armenian from ծիրան (ciran, apricot) or borrowed independently from the same source. The borrowing would have to be very old for the Armenian consonant shift *dzծ (c) to operate, as perhaps in արծաթ (arcatʿ).[2] The connection with the Indo-Iranian "gold" word was suggested already by Müller.[3]

J̌ahukyan compares with Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (to grow old, mature), whence Old Armenian ծեր (cer, old), noting especially the derived term *ǵr̥h₂nóm (grain, literally matured, grown old).[4] For the association of apricots with ripening compare the ultimate derivation of apricot from Latin praecox (ripe before its time, premature).[4]

Compare also dialectal Central Kurdish شْڵانە (şillane), شێڵانە (şêllane), Gurani شێڵانێ (šɛłānɛ) and Alviri-Vidari شیلان (šilān, apricot).

Noun

ծիրան (ciran)

  1. apricot (fruit)
    ծիրանի ծառcirani caṙapricot-tree
  2. apricot-tree

Declension

Derived terms

  • բոլորածիրան (boloraciran)
  • եզրածիրանի (ezracirani)
  • զուգածիրանի (zugacirani)
  • ծիրանագոյն (ciranagoyn)
  • ծիրանադիտակ (ciranaditak)
  • ծիրանազարդ (ciranazard)
  • ծիրանազարդեմ (ciranazardem)
  • ծիրանազգեաց (ciranazgeacʿ)
  • ծիրանազգեստ (ciranazgest)
  • ծիրանազգեստեալ (ciranazgesteal)
  • ծիրանազգեցիկ (ciranazgecʿik)
  • ծիրանաթեւ (ciranatʿew)
  • ծիրանաթոյր (ciranatʿoyr)
  • ծիրանածագ (ciranacag)
  • ծիրանածաղիկ (ciranacałik)
  • ծիրանածայր (ciranacayr)
  • ծիրանածաւալ (ciranacawal)
  • ծիրանածին (ciranacin)
  • ծիրանածնունդ (ciranacnund)
  • ծիրանածուէն (ciranacuēn)
  • ծիրանական (ciranakan)
  • ծիրանակիզն (ciranakizn)
  • ծիրանակիր (ciranakir)
  • ծիրանանամ (cirananam)
  • ծիրանաներկ (cirananerk)
  • ծիրանաներկեալ (cirananerkeal)
  • ծիրանավաճառ (ciranavačaṙ)
  • ծիրանացուցանեմ (ciranacʿucʿanem)
  • ծիրանաւոր (ciranawor)
  • ծիրանափայլ (ciranapʿayl)
  • ծիրանափառ (ciranapʿaṙ)
  • ծիրանեգոյն (ciranegoyn)
  • ծիրանեվաճառ (ciranevačaṙ)
  • ծիրաներփնիմ (ciranerpʿnim)
  • ծիրանէզարդ (ciranēzard)
  • ծիրանէզգեաց (ciranēzgeacʿ)
  • ծիրանէծաղիկ (ciranēcałik)
  • ծիրանէկիզն (ciranēkizn)
  • ծիրանէկիր (ciranēkir)
  • ծիրանէվաճառ (ciranēvačaṙ)
  • ծիրանէփառ (ciranēpʿaṙ)
  • ծիրանի (cirani)
  • միջնածիրանի (miǰnacirani)
  • շուրջծիրանացեալ (šurǰciranacʿeal)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), ծիրան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 459–460
  2. 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 450
  3. Müller, Friedrich (1877), “Armeniaca V”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 88, issue 1, page 14
  4. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), ծիրան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 363–364

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ծիրան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ծիրան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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