զարտագուն
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Middle Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An Iranian borrowing․ Compare Persian زردگون (zardgun, “yellow”), from زرد (zard, “yellow”) and گون (gun, “colour”). Also used as a given name Զարտագուն (Zartagun) in the 12th century.
Noun[edit]
զարտագուն • (zartagun)
- a kind of yellow flower
Further reading[edit]
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զարտագոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Զարդագուն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “զարտագոյն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 150
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “զարտագուն”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy