ագեվազ

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Armenian

Etymology

From ագի (agi, tail) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ վազել (vazel, to run), because kangaroos use their tail in locomotion.

Pronunciation

Noun

ագեվազ (agevaz)

  1. (rare, puristic) kangaroo
    Synonym: կենգուրու (kenguru)
    • 1897, Gabriēl Mēnēvišean, Patkerazard bnakan patmutʻiwn, A. Kendanabanutʻiwn  :
      Ագէվազը՝ Նոր Հոլանդայի դաշտերը կ՚ապրի եւ հոն տեղուան ամենամեծ կաթնատու կենդանին է․ խոտով կը կերակրի ու մսին համար իբրեւ երէ կ՚որսացուի։
      Agēvazə, Nor Holandayi dašterə k’apri ew hon teġuan amenamec katʻnatu kendanin ē; xotov kə kerakri u msin hamar ibrew erē k’orsacʻui.
      The kangaroo lives in the plains of New Holland and is the largest mammal there; it feeds on grass and is hunted as game for its meat.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʻiwn, A. Kendanabanutʻiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 102

Further reading

  • Ēminean, Srapion (1853) “kanguroo”, in Erekʻlezuean baṙagirkʻ aysinkʻn gaġġierēn-hayerēn-tačkerēn [Trilingual French–Armenian–Ottoman Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 688b