մասուր

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մասուր (masur).

Pronunciation

Noun

մասուր • (masur)

  1. rose, Rosa, especially dog rose, Rosa canina (the plant and especially its fruit – the rosehip)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Northern Kurdish: masûr
  • → Pontic Greek: μασούρα (masoúra), μασσούρι (massoúri)
  • → Zazaki: masûr

Middle Armenian

Rosa canina

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Compare Persian نسرین (nasrin, “dog rose”).

Noun

մասուր • (masur)

  1. dog rose, Rosa canina (the plant and especially its fruit – the rosehip)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մասուր (masur)
    • → Northern Kurdish: masûr
    • → Pontic Greek: μασούρα (masoúra), μασσούρι (massoúri)
    • → Zazaki: masûr

References

  1. Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “մասուր”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 492
  2. Vardanjan, Stella (1990) Амирдовлат Амасиаци, Ненужное для неучей (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, § 2031, page 322

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