Armenian

Noun

անանուխ • ‎(ananux)

1. mint

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• անուխ ‎(anux) (post-classical)
• աննուխ ‎(annux) (post-classical)
• անանեխ ‎(ananex) (post-classical)

Etymology

From Hurrian *an-an-uḫḫə or *an-an-uγə. Compare attested Hurrian [script needed] ‎(an-an-is̄ḫə), Akkadian [script needed] ‎(ananīḫu, “possibly mint”) from Hurrian *an-an-iḫḫə. These are from the same source, with the loss of initial a-: Aramaic נענע ‎(naʿnaʿ), Classical Syriac ܢܢܥܐ ‎(nānʿāʾ), Arabic نَعْنَاع ‎(naʿnāʿ), Hebrew נַעְנַע ‎(naʿnaʿ), Turkish nane, Armenian նանա ‎(nana).

Noun

անանուխ • ‎(ananux)

1. mint

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: անանուխ ‎(ananux)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անանուխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անանուխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անանուխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985), “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, issue 4, pages 597–603