# սինձ
## Armenian
### Etymology 1

Widespread in the dialects. The origin is uncertain. Ačaryan identifies with homonymous սինձ (sinj, “hawthorn”). Asatrian derives from the Iranian family discussed in Persian اسفناج (esfenâj). Compare especially Northern Kurdish şeng, şing (“Tragopogon pratensis”) from that family.

#### Alternative forms

* սինծ (sinc)

#### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /sind͡z/, [sind͡z]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /sint͡s/, [sint͡sʰ]

#### Noun

սինձ • (sinj)
* goatsbeard (Tragopogon)
    Synonyms: քոշմորուք (kʻošmorukʻ), բամպուլուկ (bampuluk), քուշմաթ (kʻušmatʻ)

##### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | սինձ (sinj) | սինձեր (sinjer) |
| dative | սինձի (sinji) | սինձերի (sinjeri) |
| ablative | սինձից (sinjicʻ) | սինձերից (sinjericʻ) |
| instrumental | սինձով (sinjov) | սինձերով (sinjerov) |
| locative | սինձում (sinjum) | սինձերում (sinjerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | սինձը/սինձն (sinjə/sinjn) | սինձերը/սինձերն (sinjerə/sinjern) |
| dative | սինձին (sinjin) | սինձերին (sinjerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | սինձս (sinjs) | սինձերս (sinjers) |
| dative | սինձիս (sinjis) | սինձերիս (sinjeris) |
| ablative | սինձիցս (sinjicʻs) | սինձերիցս (sinjericʻs) |
| instrumental | սինձովս (sinjovs) | սինձերովս (sinjerovs) |
| locative | սինձումս (sinjums) | սինձերումս (sinjerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | սինձդ (sinjd) | սինձերդ (sinjerd) |
| dative | սինձիդ (sinjid) | սինձերիդ (sinjerid) |
| ablative | սինձիցդ (sinjicʻd) | սինձերիցդ (sinjericʻd) |
| instrumental | սինձովդ (sinjovd) | սինձերովդ (sinjerovd) |
| locative | սինձումդ (sinjumd) | սինձերումդ (sinjerumd) |
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | սինձ (sinj) | սնձեր (snjer) |
| dative | սնձի (snji) | սնձերի (snjeri) |
| ablative | սնձից (snjicʻ) | սնձերից (snjericʻ) |
| instrumental | սնձով (snjov) | սնձերով (snjerov) |
| locative | սնձում (snjum) | սնձերում (snjerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | սինձը/սինձն (sinjə/sinjn) | սնձերը/սնձերն (snjerə/snjern) |
| dative | սնձին (snjin) | սնձերին (snjerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | սինձս (sinjs) | սնձերս (snjers) |
| dative | սնձիս (snjis) | սնձերիս (snjeris) |
| ablative | սնձիցս (snjicʻs) | սնձերիցս (snjericʻs) |
| instrumental | սնձովս (snjovs) | սնձերովս (snjerovs) |
| locative | սնձումս (snjums) | սնձերումս (snjerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | սինձդ (sinjd) | սնձերդ (snjerd) |
| dative | սնձիդ (snjid) | սնձերիդ (snjerid) |
| ablative | սնձիցդ (snjicʻd) | սնձերիցդ (snjericʻd) |
| instrumental | սնձովդ (snjovd) | սնձերովդ (snjerovd) |
| locative | սնձումդ (snjumd) | սնձերումդ (snjerumd) |

##### Descendants

* → Northern Kurdish: sînz (“goatsbeard”)

#### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 216–217
* ↑ Asatrian, Garnik (2009) “Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 13, number 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 42
* ↑ Kasımoğlu, Ahmet, Dirihî, Ehmedê (2013) Kadri Yıldırım, editor, Ferhenga Navên Nebatan a Kurdî [Dictionary of Kurdish Plant Names]‎, Istanbul: Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi, →ISBN, pages 740, 753
* ↑ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “սինձ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 1092, page 86a

#### Further reading

* սինձ on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{hy}$

### Etymology 2

From Middle Armenian սինձ (sinj), սինծ (sinc, “hawthorn”), which Ačaṙyan identifies with Armenian սինձ (sinj, “goatsbeard”), Old Armenian սինձ (sinj, “sticky substance”), սոսինձ (sosinj, “glue”), and leaves the origin open. Likely related to Northern Kurdish sinc (“silverberry”) and of Iranian origin.

#### Noun

սինձ • (sinj)
* (dialectal, Moks, New Julfa) hawthorn
    Synonym: սզնի (szni)

##### Descendants

* → Zazaki: sinz (“Crataegus azarolus”)

#### References

* 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 216–217
* ↑ Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 261–262
* ↑ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 399a
* ↑ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “սինձ”, in Словарь наречия Мокса [Dictionary of Moks Dialect] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.1)‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 326

#### Further reading

* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 576