# ցիրդ
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is unknown. Petersson compares to Sanskrit सिध्रक (sidhraka, “a kind of tree”) and derives from Proto-Indo-European *sḱidʰ-ro-. Perhaps somehow connected to Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

### Noun

ցիրդ • (cʻird)
* savin, Juniperus sabina
** 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] Book III.Chapter 45:Սակայն եւ ոչ այն ինչ վնասեաց․ քանզի յոյժ ի բացեայ պահէր ցիրդն։Sakayn ew očʻ ayn inčʻ vnaseacʻ; kʻanzi yoyž i bacʻeay pahēr cʻirdn.Translation by Robert ThomsonBut this brought no harm because the brambles kept it well away.

#### Usage notes

Has been alternatively identified with the cade (Juniperus oxycedrus) and the large-fruited juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa).

#### Derived terms

* ցրդենի (cʻrdeni)
* ցրդի (cʻrdi)

#### Descendants

* Middle Armenian: ցիրտ (cʻirt)

### References

* ↑ Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 36
* ↑ Artʻinean, Yovhannēs (1913) Astuacašunčʻi tunkerə usumnasiruac mer naxneacʻ tʻargmanutʻean vray [Les plantes de la Bible d’après la version Arménienne du Ve siècle par le docteur Johannès Artignan] (in Armenian), Constantinople: K. ew M.Y. Kʻēšišean, pages 60, 61
* ↑ Béguinot, Augusto, Diratzouyan, Nersès (1912) Contributo alla flora dell' Armenia‎ (in Italian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, §§ 13–14, page 30

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցիրդ”, 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 457a
* Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2008) Erker. hat. G., Hayerenagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume III, Armenian Language Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 391, compares to Akkadian 𒄑𒋛𒅕𒁺 ($^{GIŠ}$si.ir.du /⁠sirdu⁠/), a kind of oil-producing tree nowadays identified with the olive-tree.
* Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ցիրդ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 3020, page 621
* Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “ցրտկենի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 3030, page 625
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցիրդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Bedevian, Armenag K. (1936) “J. Sabina”, in Illustrated Polyglottic Dictionary of Plant Names‎, Cairo: Argus & Papazian Presses, § 1981, page 342
* Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 1, pages 15–16, printed ցրդենոյ պտուղ (cʻrdenoy ptuł)
* Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 170
* 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 438