ծիրան

Armenian

ծիրան

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran). For the development of the sense “vulva” compare մամուխ (mamux).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծիրան (ciran)

  1. apricot (fruit)
    ծիրանի ծառcirani caṙapricot tree
  2. apricot-tree
  3. (dialectal) vulva

Declension

Derived terms

References


Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, a Hurro-Urartian borrowing, together with Georgian ჭერამი (č̣erami) and Abkhaz а-ҷара́м (ā-č̣̍ārā́m).

Noun

ծիրան (ciran)

  1. apricot (fruit)
    ծիրանի ծառcirani caṙapricot-tree
  2. apricot-tree

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ծիրան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ծիրան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ծիրան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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