ընկոյզ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ընգոյզ (əngoyz), անկոյզ (ankoyz)

Etymology

Cognates are found in many languages of Western Asia but the ultimate origin is unknown: compare Ossetian ӕнгу́з (ængúz), ӕнгозӕ (ængozæ), Georgian ნიგოზი (nigozi), Mingrelian ნეძი (neʒi), ნეზი (nezi), Lomavren aŋkor (Caucasus), անքոտ (ankʿot) (Eğin), Persian گوز (gowz), Northern Kurdish gûz, goz, gwîz, Aramaic גּוֹזָא (gōzā), Classical Syriac ܓܘܙܐ (gawzā), Arabic جَوْز (jawz), Hebrew אֱגוֹז (ʾĕḡôz), Turkish ceviz, Chagatai قوز.[1] Ačaṙean thinks it possible that the word originated in Urartian and that some of the cognates are borrowed from Armenian, Armenia being a center of walnut production.[1] Perhaps also related to ողկոյզ (ołkoyz) and կոյզ (koyz).

Noun

ընկոյզ (ənkoyz)

  1. walnut (nut of the walnut tree)
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 43.11
      Ասէ ցնոսա Իսրայէլ հայրն իւրեանց․ Այդպէս իցէ, արարէք զայդ․ առէք ի պտղոյ երկրիս յամանս ձեր, եւ տարայք առնն պատարագս, ռետին եւ մեղր եւ խունկս եւ ստաշխն եւ բեւեկն եւ ընկոյզ։
      Asē cʿnosa Israyēl hayrn iwreancʿ; Aydpēs icʿē, ararēkʿ zayd; aṙēkʿ i ptłoy erkris yamans jer, ew taraykʿ aṙnn patarags, ṙetin ew mełr ew xunks ew stašxn ew bewekn ew ənkoyz.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ընկուզ (ənkuz), ղոյզ (łoyz)
  • Armenian: ընկույզ (ənkuyz)

References

  1. 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), ընկոյզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 130–131

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