մարդարիշար

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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A misspelling of *մարգաշիշայ (*margašišay), borrowed from Iranian – compare Persian مرقشیشا (marqašišâ, marcasite), itself from Semitic. See Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).

Noun

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մարդարիշար (mardarišar)

  1. a kind of aromatic found in India

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարդարիշար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 280b
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “մարդարիշար”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 193