ընկուզազարդ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

ընկոյզ (ənkoyz) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ զարդ (zard)

Adjective

ընկուզազարդ (ənkuzazard)

  1. shape like a nut
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).22.3–4:[1]
      Բարոյախաւսն ասէ․ զանգեղէ, թէ ի բարձուանդակի եւ ի կարկառս եւ ի քարանձաւս եւ ի կատարս լերանց բնակէ․ եւ յորժամ կամեսցի, երթայ ի հնդիկս եւ առնու զակն դիւրածին․ եւ ակն այն ընկուզազարդ է բոլորակ։
      Baroyaxawsn asē; zangełē, tʻē i barjuandaki ew i karkaṙs ew i kʻaranjaws ew i katars lerancʻ bnakē; ew yoržam kamescʻi, ertʻay i hndiks ew aṙnu zakn diwracin; ew akn ayn ənkuzazard ē bolorak.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Physiologus says about the vulture that it dwells in the heights and on heaps of stones and in the caves and on the summits of mountains. And when it wishes, it goes to India and takes the stone that aids in childbirth; that stone is round in the shape of a nut.

References

  1. ^ 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 124, 155

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