Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

բալախ • ‎(balax)

1. glasswort (Salicornia), especially common glasswort (Salicornia europaea)

Declension

Synonyms

• ասփուշ ‎(aspʿuš), մոմիկ ‎(momik), աղաբույս ‎(ałabuys)

Derived terms

• ձարաբալախ ‎(jarabalax)
• բալախ եվրոպական ‎(balax evropakan), բալախ խոտանման ‎(balax xotanman, “common glasswort, Salicornia europaea”)

See also

• խաճին ‎(xačin)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “բալախ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 164b, 1061a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բալախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 387–388
• Ališan, Łewond (1895), “բալախ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 278, pages 74–75
• Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “խոտ փալախ խոտ”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, pages 647a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բալախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 423b
• Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), “բալախ”, in Hayastani bnašxarh [Nature of Armenia] (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 215a
• Caturyan, Tʿ. G. (1970), “Salicornia”, in Astvacatryan Z. A., editor, Buyseri anunneri latineren-hayeren-ṙuseren baṙaran [Latin–Armenian–Russian Dictionary of Plant Names], 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, § 1074, page 101
• Łazaryan, Ṙuben S. (2002), “բալախ”, in Busanunneri baṙaran hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], 2nd edition, Yerevan: Areg, ISBN 99930-56-24-3, § 130, page 19b
• Ṙewazova, L. V.; Musayelyan, M. S. (1997), “Salicornia europaea”, in Gabrielyan Ē. Cʿ., editor, Dełatu buyseri anunneri latineren-ṙuseren-hayeren baṙaran [Latin–Russian–Armenian Dictionary of Medicinal Plant Names], Yerevan: Yerevan State Medical University, § 817, page 97b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “փալախոտ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 332

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բալախ ‎(balax).

Noun

բալախ • ‎(balax)

1. common glasswort (Salicornia europaea)
   • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses]

     Բալախ· որ է օշնան․ եւ յիշած է ի վերայ այբին իւր համարն, Աստուծով։

     Balax — which is the ōšnan; it is mentioned under its number at [the letter] ayb, with God.

Derived terms

• բալախահակ ‎(balaxahak)

Descendants

• Armenian: բալախ ‎(balax)

References

• Ališan, Łewond (1895), “բալախ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 278, pages 74–75
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բալախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 387–388
• Vardanjan, Stella (1990) Amirdovlat Amasiaci, Nenužnoje dlja neučej (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 87, 593

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian բալախ ‎(balax), dialectal փալախ ‎(pʿalax).

Noun

բալախ ‎(balax)

1. given by NHB as the Kurdish synonym of Armenian dialectal խաճին ‎(xačin, “a kind of soft grass growing in watery places used for stuffing mattresses”)

Related terms

• pelax

References

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “խաճին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui. Yaweluac ašxarhik baṙkʿ anvkaykʿ i grocʿ aṙ mez ełelocʿ [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Dialectal Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1063a

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙean derived from Georgian ბალახი ‎(balaxi, “grass”), and this is usually followed by later Armenian sources. On the other hand, Klimov / Xalilov derive the the Georgian word itself from Armenian.

Noun

բալախ • ‎(balax)

1. common glasswort (Salicornia europaea)
   • Varkʿ srbocʿ harancʾ [Paterica] II.540

     Ոչխարն առնու ճարակ ի խոտոյ անտի զբարիոք դալարիս, ապա եւ ճարակի զբալախ անապատի․ եւ յորժամ խոստանայ ի փշոց անտի, որոճայ զդալարին եւ քաղցրանայ բերան իւր, եւ դադարէ թոյնք փշոցն։

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: բալախ ‎(balax)
  • Armenian: բալախ ‎(balax) (see there for more dialectal forms)
    • → Azeri: palax, balağ
    • → Georgian: ბალახი ‎(balaxi) (possibly) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Northern Kurdish: pelax, palax, palaxe, բալախ ‎(balax)
    • → Turkish: palaḫ, palak, palağ, palax
    • → Zazaki: palax

References

• Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “բալախ²”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 251a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բալախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 423b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բալախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 387–388
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “բալախ²”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 112
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 41, page 24
• Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, § 101, pages 64–65
• Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Slovarʹ kavkazskix jazykov. Sopostavlenije osnovnoj leksiki [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, ISBN 5-02-018283-4, pages 218, 221