# բանջար
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* բՙանջար (bʻanǰar) — Alashkert, Akhaltsikhe, Ararat, Kharberd, Erzurum, Mush, New Julfa
* բՙա̈նջա̈ր (bʻänǰär) — Vozm
* պա̈նջա̈ր (pänǰär) — Moks, Maragheh, Shamakhi, Salmas, Van
* փանջար (pʻanǰar) — Nor Nakhichevan
* փա̈նջա̈ր (pʻänǰär) — Diyarbakır
* պէ՛նջա̈ր (pḗnǰär) — Karabakh
* պօնջար (pōnǰar) — Hamshen
* բՙէնջօյ (bʻēnǰōy), բՙէնջօր (bʻēnǰōr) — Zeitun
* բՙէնջոյ (bʻēnǰoy) — Haçin
* բի՛նջա̈ր (bínǰär) — Agulis

### Etymology

From Old Armenian բանջար (banǰar).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /bɑnˈd͡ʒɑɾ/, [bɑnd͡ʒɑ́ɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /pɑnˈt͡ʃɑɾ/, [pʰɑnt͡ʃʰɑ́ɾ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

բանջար • (banǰar)
* edible greens, vegetable
* (dialectal) the name of various plants

#### Derived terms

* բանջարաբոստանային (banǰarabostanayin)
* բանջարամայր (banǰaramayr)
* բանջարաքաղ (banǰarakʻaġ)
* բանջարաքոլ (banǰarakʻol)
* բանջարբսուկ (banǰarbsuk)
* բանջարքաղի (banǰarkʻaġi)
* բանջրվոր (banǰrvor)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: pencər
* → Northern Kurdish: pincar, pencar
* → Ottoman Turkish: پانجار (pancar) (see there for further descendants)
* → Zazaki: pencar

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանջար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 409ab

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is unknown.
Ačaṙean derives the related terms in Georgian, Turkish and Kurdish from Armenian.

### Noun

բանջար • (banǰar)
* vegetable, greens, herb
* (post-Classical) beet

#### Declension

post-classical
post-classical

#### Derived terms

* բանջարածախ (banǰaracax)
* բանջարակեր (banǰaraker)
* բանջարաճաշակ (banǰaračašak)
* բանջարաճաշակութիւն (banǰaračašakutʻiwn)
* բանջարանոց (banǰaranocʻ)
* բանջարավաճառ (banǰaravačaṙ)
* բանջարաւոր (banǰarawor)
* բանջարեղէն (banǰarełēn)
* բանջարիկ (banǰarik)
* խառնաբանջար (xaṙnabanǰar)
* կուաբանջար (kuabanǰar)
* կռաբանջար (kṙabanǰar)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: բանջար (banǰar) (see there for further descendants)
* → Old Georgian: ბანჯარი (banǯari)

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանջար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 409ab
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բանջար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 437b
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բանջար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 117–118
* 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 935
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բանջար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 91b
* Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 86