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Old Armenian
Etymology
From ամէն (amēn) + -ա- (-a-) + խայտ (xayt). Coined by the translator of the Physiologus as a calque of Ancient Greek παμποίκιλος (pampoíkilos).
Adjective
ամենախայտ • (amenaxayt)
- multicoloured
- Synonym: ամենածաղիկ (amenacałik)
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).19.2–4:
[1]- Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զյովազէ, թէ այսպիսի բարս ունի, որ ամենայն անասնոց սիրելի է, բայց միայն աւձի թշնամի է․ ամենախայտ է, իբրեւ զծաղկեայ պատմուճանն Յովսեփու, գեղեցիկ եւ զարդարուն։
- Baroyaxawsn asē zyovazē, tʻē ayspisi bars uni, or amenayn anasnocʻ sireli ē, baycʻ miayn awji tʻšnami ē; amenaxayt ē, ibrew zcałkeay patmučann Yovsepʻu, gełecʻik ew zardarun.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the panther, that it has such a custom: it is dear to all animals, but hostile only to the dragon. It is multicolored like Joseph's robe of many colours, it is beautiful and adorned.
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 61, 118–120, 152–153
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