Armenian

Noun

սոխ • ‎(sox)

1. onion

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *sōx, whence also Persian سوخ ‎(sôx). Further origin unknown. Has been linked by some with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(soğun, “onion”), Turkish soğan ‎(“onion”), perhaps all ultimately from Sanskrit सुकन्द ‎(sukanda, “onion”), but this is not generally accepted.

Noun

սոխ • ‎(sox)

1. onion (Allium cepa)

   դալար սոխ‎ ― dalar sox ― scallion, green onion

   սոխ մանր‎ ― sox manr ― shallot

Declension

Derived terms

• մկնսոխ ‎(mknsox)
• մկնասոխ ‎(mknasox)

Descendants

• Armenian: սոխ ‎(sox)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սոխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սոխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սոխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 239ab
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 238
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § A14, page 161
• Eren, Hasan (1999), “soğan”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 372b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “soğan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük