Armenian

Alternative forms

• տնճրի ‎(tnčri)^[1](literary-normalized reconstruction)
• տընջըրի ‎(tənǰəri), տընջըրէ ‎(tənǰərē), տինջիրի ‎(tinǰiri), տինջիրէ ‎(tinǰirē)^[2]
• տընջըրե ‎(tənǰəre), տնջրե ‎(tnǰre), տնջըրե ‎(tnǰəre)
• տնճերի ‎(tnčeri), տնզըրի ‎(tnzəri), տնզերի ‎(tnzeri)^[3][4]

Noun

տնջրի • ‎(tnǰri)

1. (dialectal, Karabakh) plane tree (Platanus)
   • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʿi or Sargis Evdokiacʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] Ս.431

     սօսի· տնջրի, որ է չինարի

     sōsi ‘plane’ = tnǰri, which is čʿinari ‘plane’

2. (dialectal, Karabakh) poplar (the attestation of this sense is uncertain)

Declension

Derived terms

• տընջըրօտ ‎(tənǰərōt) / տինջիրօտ ‎(tinǰirōt)
• տնջրենի ‎(tnǰreni)

References

1. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “տնճրի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 1036–1037
2. ↑ Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), “տընջըրի”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of the Karabkh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, ISBN 978-9939-52-714-7, page 728c
3. ↑ Ališan, Łewond (1895), “տնճերի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 612, page 2971
4. ↑ Ališan, Łewond (1895), “սօս”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 584, page 2848

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “տնջրի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 763b
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2014), “Armenian čandari ‘plane tree’”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 18, issue 1, pages 51–63