šhdʾnk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

Literally, "royal seed", from šh (šah, “king”) +‎ dʾnk' (dānag, “seed, grain”).

Noun

šhdʾnk' • (šahdānag) (Book Pahlavi)

1. hempseed

Descendants

• Persian: شاه‌دانه (šâh-dâne)
• → Arabic: شَاهْدَانَج (šāhdānaj), شَادَانَق (šādānaq), شَدَانَق (šadānaq)
• → Classical Syriac: ܫܗܕܢܓ (šahdānāḡ)
• → Old Armenian: շահդանակ (šahdanak)
  • → Armenian: շագանակ (šaganak)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շահդանակ”, 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 484
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 209
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 79