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Old Armenian
Etymology
հնդիկ (hndik) + -ք (-kʻ)
Proper noun
Հնդիկք • (Hndikkʻ) pl
- (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)
- Synonym: Հնդկաստան (Hndkastan)
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).10.2–3:
[1]- Է թռչուն ինչ ի հնդիկս, որ կոչի փիւնիքս։ Ըստ հինգհարիւր ամին գայ ի ծառսն Լիբանանու եւ լնու զերկոսին թեւսն իւր խնկաւք. եւ երթայ ազդ առնէ քրմին Արեգ քաղաքի ի յամսեան պայեմոդի կամ ի փարմոդի, այսինքն արեգ կամ ի կանխոց։
- Ē tʻṙčʻun inčʻ i hndiks, or kočʻi pʻiwnikʻs. Əst hinghariwr amin gay i caṙsn Libananu ew lnu zerkosin tʻewsn iwr xnkawkʻ. ew ertʻay azd aṙnē kʻrmin Areg kʻałakʻi i yamsean payemodi kam i pʻarmodi, aysinkʻn areg kam i kanxocʻ.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- There is a bird in India called phoenix. Every five hundred years it comes to the trees of Lebanon and fills both its wings with incense, and goes to inform the priest of Heliopolis, in the month Phamenoth or Pharmuthi, that is Areg or the preceding months .
Declension
References
- ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 103, 147
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հնդիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 47–48
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “Հնդիկք”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan. Ašxarhagrakan anuankʻ [Armenian–Italian Dictionary. Appendix of Geographic Names], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “Հնդիկք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy