շոմին

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Classical Persian شومین (šomīn, “spinach”).

Noun

շոմին • (šomin)

  1. spinach, Spinacia oleracea
    • 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]:[1]
      ասփանախ = շոմին
      aspʻanax = šomin
      إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ) = spinach

References

  1. ^ 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, § 18, page 27

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979), “շոմին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “շոմին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben; Avetisyan, Henrik (2009), “շոմին”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879), “շոմին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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