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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian hlbwc (xarbuz).
Noun
խարբուզ • (xarbuz)
- a kind of wild goat or antelope
5th century,
Bible,
Book of Deuteronomy 14.4–5:
- այս անասունք են զորս ուտիցէք․ արջառ եւ ոչխար ի հօտից, եւ նոխազ յայծեաց՝ զեղջերու եւ զայծեամն, եւ զգօմէշ եւ զխարբուզ եւ զայծքաղ եւ զյամոյր եւ զանալութ
- […] ays anasunkʻ en zors uticʻēkʻ; arǰaṙ ew očʻxar i hōticʻ, ew noxaz yayceacʻ, zełǰeru ew zayceamn, ew zgōmēš ew zxarbuz ew zayckʻał ew zyamoyr ew zanalutʻ […]
- these are the beasts which ye shall eat: the cattle and the sheep from the flock, and the he-goat from the goats, the hart, and the roebuck, and the buffalo, and the xarbuz, and the antelope, and the yamoyr, and the analutʿ
Usage notes
The exact species denoted by this word is uncertain. It is attested only once, translating Ancient Greek τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos). According to some, synonymous with էշայծեամն (ēšayceamn).
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խարբուզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խարբուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 159
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խարբուզ”, 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, pages 343–344
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 884