զինճիֆր
Armenian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish, from Arabic زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr).
Noun
զինճիֆր • (zinčifr) (dialectal, obsolete)
- cinnabar
- Synonym: կինաբար (kinabar)
- ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 19:[1]
- զինճիֆր․ ցինապռօ
- zinčifr; cʻinapṙō
- զինճիֆր (zinčifr) = cinabro
- զինճիֆր․ ցինապռօ
Alternative forms
- զինճիֆրա (zinčifra)
References
- ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 222
Further reading
- Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “զինճիֆր”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy