šhdʾnk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

Literally, "royal seed", from šh (šah, “king”) +‎ dʾnk' (dānag, “seed, grain”).

Noun

šhdʾnk' • (šahdānag) (Book Pahlavi)

hempseed

Descendants

Persian: شاه‌دانه‎ (šâh-dâne)
→ Arabic: [script needed] (šāhdānaj)
→ Classical Syriac: ܫܗܕܢܓ‎ (šhdng)
→ Old Armenian: շահդանակ (šahdanak)
- → Armenian: շագանակ (šaganak)

Further reading

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շահդանակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 484
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 209
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 79

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