աւշակ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • օշակ (ōšak), օշախ (ōšax), աւշախ (awšax), օշաղ (ōšaġ), օշ (ōš), աւշ (awš), վաշակ (vašak), վաշախ (vašax), վաշաղ (vašaġ)

Etymology

From Arabic أُشَّق (ʔuššaq), وُشَّق (wuššaq). Some of the alternative forms are probably directly from the Middle Iranian source of the Arabic.

Noun

աւշակ • (awšak)

  1. gum ammoniac, ammoniacum
    • 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʻ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen]:[1]
      ասաիճ (vars. ասայիճ, աստիճ) = վաշակ որ է օշ (vars. վաղակ որ է օշակ, վաշակն որ է աւշախն, վաշակ որ է աւշ)
      asaič (vars. asayič, astič) = vašak or ē ōš (vars. vałak or ē ōšak, vašakn or ē awšaxn, vašak or ē awš)
      أُشَّج (ʔuššaj) = vašak which is the ōš
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary]:[2]
      աւշակ = վաշակ
      awšak = vašak
      أُشَّق (ʔuššaq) = vašak

Descendants

  • → Armenian: ավշակ (avšak)

References

  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen‎[1], Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 162
  2. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 29, page 33

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