դուռէճ

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Old Armenian

FWOTD – 22 November 2021

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic دُرَّاج (durrāj) or Classical Persian دراج (durrāj).[1][2]

Noun

դուռէճ • (duṙēč) (post-Classical)

  1. francolin
    • 11th century, Grigor Magistros, Meknutʻiwn Kʻerakanin  :[3][4]
      Նոյնպէս եւ թռչնոց, սակս ոչ ունելով ճէ նոցա, յորջորջեն զճուռակն ծուռակ, որպէս եւ ոչ եղելոյ լուղակաց որ ի մերում գաւառի նովին ձայնիւ կոչեն զամարն ամառ եւ զայլսն ամենայն․ եւ զորսոցն՝ զտուռէճն (var. զդուռէճն) դուռէծ եւ զտահուճն տահուծ եւ այսոքիկ բազումք եւ ոչ գիտեն զնա։
      Noynpēs ew tʻṙčʻnocʻ, saks očʻ unelov čē nocʻa, yorǰorǰen zčuṙakn cuṙak, orpēs ew očʻ ełeloy lułakacʻ or i merum gawaṙi novin jayniw kočʻen zamarn amaṙ ew zaylsn amenayn; ew zorsocʻn, ztuṙēčn (var. zduṙēčn) duṙēc ew ztahučn tahuc ew aysokʻik bazumkʻ ew očʻ giten zna.
      not having a j call the durrej a durretz
    • completed 1291, Yovhannēs Erznkacʻi, Hawakʻumn meknutʻean kʻerakani  :[5]
      Նոյնպէս եւ թռչնոց՝ սակս ոչ ունելով ճէ նոցա, յորջորջեն զճուռակն՝ «ծուռակ», որպէս եւ ոչ եղելոյ լուղակաց, որ ի մերում գաւառի, նովին ձայնիւ կոչեն զամարն «ամառ» եւ զայլսն ամենայն եւ զորսոցն․ զդուռէճն (var. զդուռէճ)՝ «դուռէծ» (var. դուռէծ) եւ զտահուճն՝ «տահուծ»։ Եւ այսոքիկ՝ բազումք, եւ ոչ գիտեն զնա։
      Noynpēs ew tʻṙčʻnocʻ, saks očʻ unelov čē nocʻa, yorǰorǰen zčuṙakn, “cuṙak”, orpēs ew očʻ eġeloy luġakacʻ, or i merum gawaṙi, novin jayniw kočʻen zamarn “amaṙ” ew zaylsn amenayn ew zorsocʻn; zduṙēčn (var. zduṙēč), “duṙēc” (var. duṙēc) ew ztahučn, “tahuc”. Ew aysokʻik, bazumkʻ, ew očʻ giten zna.

Usage notes

Some dictionaries mistakenly gloss the word as "game, venison".

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: տուռէճ (tuṙēč)

References

  1. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “francolin”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 568b
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դուռէճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 684b
  3. ^ Adonc, N. (1915) Дионисий Фракийский и армянские толкователи [Dionysius Thrax and Armenian commentators] (Bibliotheca Armeno-Georgica; 4), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 228
  4. ^ Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2008) Erker. hat. G., Hayerenagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume III, Armenian Language Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 228
  5. ^ Yovhannēs Erznkacʻi (1983) L. G. Xačʻerean, editor, Hawakʻumn meknutʻean kʻerakani [Compilation of Commentary on Grammar]‎, Los Angeles: Alco Printing, Glendale, page 120

Further reading

  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “դուռէճ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 254a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “դուռէճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 639c
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 85
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1985) “Some Further Comments on Armenian Bird Names”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics‎, number 6, pages 45–50
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “դուռէճ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 430b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դուռէճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 149b
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