Armenian

Alternative forms

• բարդի ‎(bardi) (Standard Eastern Armenian)

Noun

բարտի • ‎(barti)

1. (Western Armenian) poplar
2. (dialectal, Adana) fence for orchard or garden
3. (dialectal, Tokat) building materials used in fences cut off from the poplar

Declension

Synonyms

• (poplar): ճանդարի ‎(čandari)

Adjective

բարտի • ‎(barti)

1. (dialectal, Ararat, figuratively) tall like a poplar

Declension

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “բարտի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 160
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բարտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 430b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բարտի”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 173a

Middle Armenian

Etymology

A derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰrHǵ- ‎(“birch”). Cognates include Sanskrit भूर्ज ‎(bhūrja, “a species of birch”), Ossetian бӕрз ‎(bærz), Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, Common Slavic *berza ‎(“birch”).

Proto-Kartvelian *bard- ‎(“undergrowth, brush, bushes”) may be borrowed from Armenian.

Noun

բարտի • ‎(barti)

1. poplar

Descendants

• Armenian: բարտի ‎(barti), բարդի ‎(bardi)
  • → Azeri: pərdi
    • → Armenian (Karabakh): փա̈րդու ‎(pʿärdu)
    • → Udi: pʿarduk
  • → Turkish: pardı, perdü, parda, partı, pardi, perdi

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բարտի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բարտի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (1987–1992), “բարտի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 115a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բարտի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 430
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “barti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 172