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^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 229
Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably akin to Ancient Greekγέφυρα(géphura), Hattic𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊒𒊀(ḫa-am-mu-ru-waₐ/ḫamuruwa, ḫammuruwa, ḫāmuruwaₐ/, “beam”), Georgianკიპორჭი(ḳiṗorč̣i, “log that serves as a bridge”), possibly also Abkhazахәыблы(axʷəblə), ах'әбылры(ax̣ʷbəlrə, “crossbeam”). The nature of relationship and the ultimate origin are uncertain.
Արդ՝ ելեալ դահճապետն պարծելով՝ չարամահ առնել զնա, եւ ետ հանել զնոսա շղթայիւք ի քաղաքէն ընդ դուռն հարաւոյ, ընդ կողմն պողոտային որ հանէր ի Մեծամօրի կամուրջն, ի տեղին յայն, ուր սովոր էին սպանանել զամենայն մահապարտս, ի ճախճախուտ տեղի մի, մօտ ի պարկէն փոսին որ շուրջ գայր զքաղաքաւն։ Եւ վարեցին չորս չորս ցիցս միում միում ի նոցանէն։
Ard, eleal dahčapetn parcelov, čʻaramah aṙnel zna, ew et hanel znosa šłtʻayiwkʻ i kʻałakʻēn ənd duṙn harawoy, ənd kołmn połotayin or hanēr i Mecamōri kamurǰn, i tełin yayn, ur sovor ēin spananel zamenayn mahaparts, i čaxčaxut tełi mi, mōt i parkēn pʻosin or šurǰ gayr zkʻałakʻawn. Ew varecʻin čʻors čʻors cʻicʻs mium mium i nocʻanēn.
Translation by Robert W. Thomson
So the chief-executioner came out boasting that he would put her to a cruel death. He had them taken in chains out of the city by the South Gate, along the road that leads to the Metsamawr bridge, to the place where they were accustomed to execute those condemned to death, a marshy place near the moat which ran round the city. And they brought four stakes for each one of them.
^ Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 212–213
Further reading
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կամուրջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կամուրջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 351
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կամուրջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 33
