անանուխ

Etymology

From Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [ɑnɑˈnuχ]
• Hyphenation: ա‧նա‧նուխ

Noun

անանուխ • (ananux)

1. mint

Alternative forms

• անուխ (anux) (post-classical)
• աննուխ (annux) (post-classical)
• անանեխ (ananex) (post-classical)

Etymology

From Hurrian *an-an-uḫḫə or *an-an-uγə. Compare attested Hurrian [script needed] (an-an-is̄ḫə), Akkadian [script needed] (ananīḫu, “possibly mint”) from Hurrian *an-an-iḫḫə. These are from the same source, with the loss of initial a-: Aramaic נענע‎ (naʿnaʿ), Classical Syriac ܢܢܥܐ‎ (nānʿāʾ), Arabic نَعْنَاع‎ (naʿnāʿ), Hebrew נַעְנַע‎ (naʿnaʿ), Turkish nane, Armenian նանա (nana).

Noun

անանուխ • (ananux)

1. mint

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անանուխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անանուխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անանուխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985), “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 105, issue 4, pages 597–603