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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܚܪܓܠܐ (ḥargālā) which is found in the same passage in Leviticus. For the vocalism compare Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܚܪܓܘܠ (ḥargul). The variant readings are influenced by գլուխ (glux).
Noun
խարագուլ • (xaragul)
- (hapax) a kind of locust
- Coordinate term: մարախ (marax)
5th century,
Bible,
Leviticus 11.22:
[1]- Եւ այս իցեն, զոր ուտիցէք ի նոցանէ․ զջորեակդ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա, եւ զխարագուլ (var. խարայգլուխ, զխարագլուխ, խարագլուխ, զխարագուլ եւ ուղ), եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա […]
- Ew ays icʻen, zor uticʻēkʻ i nocʻanē; zǰoreakd, ew or inčʻ nman ē nma, ew zxaragul (var. xarayglux, zxaraglux, xaraglux, zxaragul ew uł), ew or inčʻ nman ē nma […]
- Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
- And of them, these you shall eat: the locust larva and those similar to it and the bald locust and those similar to it
Usage notes
Translates Ancient Greek ἀττάκης (attákēs).
Descendants
- → Armenian: խարագուլ (xaragul) (learned)
References
- ^ Zēytʻunean A. S., editor (1993), Girkʻ Łewtacʻwocʻ [Book of Leviticus] (Hay hnaguyn tʻargmanakan hušarjanner; 4), Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, critical text, page 86
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խարագուլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 340a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “խարագուլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 929b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 304
- Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 972, page 65
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խարագուլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 276b