any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiolus, gladiola · an idiot, fool, nitwit; generally preceded by a pejorative adjective such as achterlijk
çekim: çoğul gladiolen
eş: gladiolus, zwaardlelie
köken: From Latin gladiolus, a diminutive form of gladius (“sword”).
iris (flower) · gladiolus (Gladiolus genus and species)
çekim: çoğul թրաշուշաններ
köken: From թուր (tʻur, “sword”) + -ա- (-a-) + շուշան (šušan, “lily”). Calque of German Schwertlilie (“iris”). Coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna. The first attestation is in Čamčean 1851, using թրաշուշան (tʻrašušan) together with the synonym լուրջ շուշան (lurǰ šušan) to translate German Iris (see the quotation). Elsewhere in the text Schwertlilie is translated with լուրջ շուշան (lurǰ šušan) alone. In…