# պրտու
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պրտու (prtu).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /pəɾˈtu/, [pəɾtú]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /bəɾˈdu/, [bəɾdú]

### Noun

պրտու • (prtu)
* papyrus, paper reed, Cyperus papyrus (an aquatic flowering plant of the sedge family)
    Synonym: պապիրուս (papirus)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “պրտու”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 977, page 78

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Since Gēorg Dpir usually connected with Arabic بُرْدِيّ (burdiyy), but a direct borrowing from the Arabic is neither chronologically nor phonologically possible. Closely related to Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܦܪܬܘܟ (pirtūk, “rush, reed”), Northern Kurdish pirtûk, Central Kurdish پەرتووک (pertûk), Zazaki pîrtok (“book”).

### Noun

պրտու • (prtu)
* papyrus, paper reed, Cyperus papyrus (an aquatic flowering plant of the sedge family)
** 5th century, Bible, Job 8.11:Մի թե կանաչանա՞յ պրտու առանց ջրոյ․ կամ բարձրանայցէ՞ կնիւն առանց ըմպելոյ։Mi tʻe kanačʻana$^?$y prtu aṙancʻ ǰroy; kam barjranaycʻē$^?$ kniwn aṙancʻ əmpeloy.Translation by Claude E. Cox"Does papyrus green without water, or will sedge become tall without drinking?"

#### Usage notes

In Job, translates Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

#### Derived terms

* պրտուամած (prtuamac)
* պրտուեայ (prtueay)
* պրտուեան (prtuean)
* պրտուեղէն (prtuełēn)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: պրտու (prtu) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 89

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պրտու”, 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, page 116b
* Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “պրտու”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2620, page 542
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “պրտու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 667a
* Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 713b
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պրտու”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 647a
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 937
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պրտու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 619