եմիշ
Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یمیش (yemiş) and Azerbaijani yemiş (“fruit; melon”).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [jeˈmiʃ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [jeˈmiʃ]
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Noun
եմիշ • (emiš) (traditional orthography spelling եէմիշ) (dialectal)
- melon (Cucumis melo)
- Synonym: սեխ (sex)
- fruit
- Synonym: պտուղ (ptuġ)
- 1661 – 1722, Yovnatʿan Nałaš, Tałer [Poems] :[1][2]
- Շամամներիդ համար դառն եմ,
Թո՛ղ, որ ձեռս մէջն խառնեմ,
Ինձ ծախեմ՝ էդ բախչէդ առնեմ։
Զալում, թո՛ղ՝ ես
Եմիշ քաղեմ,
Մէկ ծիծաղեմ:- Šamamnerid hamar daṙn em,
Tʿóġ, or jeṙs mēǰn xaṙnem,
Inj caxem, ēd baxčʿēd aṙnem.
Zalum, tʿóġ, es
Emiš kʿaġem,
Mēk cicaġem:
- Translation by S. Peter Cowe
- I'm desperate for your melons.
Let my hand them go among them,
Let me sell myself and buy the orchard of yours.
O unjust one, Let me
pick some fruit
and have a giggle.
- I'm desperate for your melons.
- Šamamnerid hamar daṙn em,
- Շամամներիդ համար դառն եմ,
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | եմիշ (emiš) | եմիշներ (emišner) | ||
| dative | եմիշի (emiši) | եմիշների (emišneri) | ||
| ablative | եմիշից (emišicʿ) | եմիշներից (emišnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | եմիշով (emišov) | եմիշներով (emišnerov) | ||
| locative | եմիշում (emišum) | եմիշներում (emišnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | եմիշը/եմիշն (emišə/emišn) | եմիշները/եմիշներն (emišnerə/emišnern) | ||
| dative | եմիշին (emišin) | եմիշներին (emišnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | եմիշս (emišs) | եմիշներս (emišners) | ||
| dative | եմիշիս (emišis) | եմիշներիս (emišneris) | ||
| ablative | եմիշիցս (emišicʿs) | եմիշներիցս (emišnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | եմիշովս (emišovs) | եմիշներովս (emišnerovs) | ||
| locative | եմիշումս (emišums) | եմիշներումս (emišnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | եմիշդ (emišd) | եմիշներդ (emišnerd) | ||
| dative | եմիշիդ (emišid) | եմիշներիդ (emišnerid) | ||
| ablative | եմիշիցդ (emišicʿd) | եմիշներիցդ (emišnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | եմիշովդ (emišovd) | եմիշներովդ (emišnerovd) | ||
| locative | եմիշումդ (emišumd) | եմիշներումդ (emišnerumd) | ||
References
- Naġaš Hovnatʿan (1983), A. Mnacʿakanyan, editor, Taġer [Poems] (Hay kʿnarergutʿyun), Yerevan: Sovetakan groġ, pages 48–49
- Cowe, S. Peter (2019), “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 74
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), “եմիշ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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