դանդուռ

Etymology
A dialectal term, unattested in Old or Middle Armenian. The earliest attestation is in Vilotte's Latin–Armenian dictionary of 1714. Recorded inter alia in the dialects of Yerevan, Tiflis and Karabakh, in the latter also as, which may point to older. Ačaṙean compares with Mush dialect and Yerevan dialect. The plant name is probably the same word with the diminutive suffix, reflecting a Western dialect pronunciation.

The origin is. Obviously connected with synonymous 🇨🇬, Ingiloy dialect, 🇨🇬, the latter probably borrowed from the Karabakh dialect. Compare further 🇨🇬.

According to Asatrian, who does not cite the related forms in other languages, probably a substrate term (from 🇨🇬?), as the ending shows; compare, , attested in  and.

Noun

 * 1) purslane,
 * 2) common purslane,
 * 3)  something soft and tender