լախուր

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Hittite [script needed] (laḫḫur-, “leafy vegetation”).[1]

Noun

լախուր • (laxur)

  1. celery, parsley, Apium[2]

Derived terms

  • ձիալախուր (jialaxur), ձիախուր (jiaxur)
  • սիւրալախուր (siwralaxur), սիրալախուր (siralaxur)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: նեխուր (nexur), նիախուր (niaxur), նիախօր (niaxōr), նէախօր (nēaxōr)
    • → Armenian: նեխուր (nexur) (learned)
    • → Georgian: ნიახური (niaxuri)
      • → Bats: ნიახურ (niaxur)
      • → Laz: ნიახური (niaxuri)
      • → Svan: ნიახურ (niaxur)
  • → Armenian: լախուր (laxur) (learned)

References

  1. Simon, Zsolt (2013) “Die These der hethitisch-luwischen Lehnwörter im Armenischen: eine kritische Neubetrachtung”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎ (in German), volume 10, number 2, pages 107–108
  2. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “լախուր”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 569ab

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