# ճապուռ
## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

Unknown. Ačaṙean compares to Proto-Slavic *čǫbьrъ. Note also Mingrelian ჭაფურია (č̣apuria), Laz ჭაფურია (ç̌apuria).

### Noun

ճապուռ • (čapuṙ)
* a kind of plant, usually identified with caraway, Carum carvi
** 13th century, Girkʻ Vastakocʻ [Geoponica] 106:Եթէ ոք առնու զճապուռն եւ լեսէ, եւ շող ջուր ածէ ի վերայ, եւ ի տունն ցանէ՝ լուն սատակի առ հասարակ։Etʻē okʻ aṙnu zčapuṙn ew lesē, ew šoġ ǰur acē i veray, ew i tunn cʻanē, lun sataki aṙ hasarak.
** 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʻ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :սիւեղու (var. սիղեսու, սիսեզու, սիսեղու, սէզեխ, սեղեխի) = ճապուռ կամ ոփոտ (var. ոփոփ, ոփսա)siwełu (var. siłesu, sisezu, sisełu, sēzex, sełexi) = čapuṙ kam opʻot (var. opʻopʻ, opʻsa)siweġu (?) = čapuṙ or opʻot (?)
** 1614 – 1622, Asar Sebastacʻi, Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti [Book of Medical Art] :Ճաղտէ, որ է ճապուռն։Čaġtē, or ē čapuṙn.Čaġte (?) = čapuṙ.
** 1614 – 1622, Asar Sebastacʻi, Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti [Book of Medical Art] :Քրմանի չաման, որ է ճապուռն։Kʻrmani čʻaman, or ē čapuṙn.Kerman's cumin = čapuṙ.

### References

* ↑ Ališan Ġ., editor (1877), Girkʻ vastakocʻ [Geoponica], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 79
* ↑ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen‎, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 150–151
* ↑ Asar Sebastacʻi (1993) Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti (XVI—XVII dd.) [Book of Medical Art (16–17th cc.)]‎, preparation of the text, preface and dictionary by D. M. Karapetyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 253
* ↑ Asar Sebastacʻi (1993) Girkʻ bžškakan arhesti (XVI—XVII dd.) [Book of Medical Art (16–17th cc.)]‎, preparation of the text, preface and dictionary by D. M. Karapetyan, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 253

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճապուռ”, 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 188b
* Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ճապուռ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1858, page 399
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ճապուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 172b
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ճապուռ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 489b
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ճապուռ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 470a, identifying with Carum carvi
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ճապուռ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 464
* Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1877) “ճապուռ”, in “Baṙkʻ Vastakocʻ grocʻ [A vocabulary to Geoponica]”, in Ġewond Ališan, editor, Girkʻ vastakocʻ [Geoponica] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 252, explaining as վայրի չաման (vayri čʻaman)