վարունգ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վարունգ (varung).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vɑˈɾuŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: վա‧րունգ

Noun

վարունգ (varung)

  1. cucumber
    Synonym: խիար (xiar) (dialectal)

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (vātrang), [script needed] (vātrēng), Persian بادرنگ (bādrang, a species of cucumber; an orange), وارنگ (vārang, a long crooked cucumber; a large lemon or orange-tree).

Noun

վարունգ (varung)

  1. cucumber
    մանր վարունգmanr varunggherkin
    իշկոյ վարունգiškoy varungelaterium, wild cucumber; colocynth
  2. citron
  3. ripe autumn fruit

Declension

Derived terms

  • վարնգենի (varngeni)
  • վարնկենի (varnkeni)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), վարունգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), վարունգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), վարունգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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