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Old Armenian
Etymology
Transliteration of Ancient Greek καστόριον (kastórion).
Noun
կասդորիոս • (kasdorios)
- beaver
- Synonym: կուղբ (kułb)
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs 26.1:
[1][2][3][4]- Է երէ ինչ, որ կոչի կասդորիոս (var. կասդրիոս, կաւտորոց, կաւտորոս, կաստորիոս, կաստրիոս, կոտորոց, կոթորոս), որ թարգմանի կուղբ․ հանդարտ եւ յոյժ զգաւն է երէն։
- Ē erē inčʻ, or kočʻi kasdorios (var. kasdrios, kawtorocʻ, kawtoros, kastorios, kastrios, kotorocʻ, kotʻoros), or tʻargmani kułb; handart ew yoyž zgawn ē erēn.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- There is an animal called castor, which is translated beaver; the animal is quite and very gentle.
Usage notes
Attested only in the Physiologus, rendering Ancient Greek καστόριον (kastórion)․ The translator glossed it with Old Armenian կուղբ (kułb).
Descendants
References
- ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կասդրիոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1058c
- ^ Pitra, J. B. (1855) “Allegoriarum in Physiologum. Interpretatio Vetus Armenia”, in Spicilegium solesmense complectens sanctorum patrum scriptorumque ecclesiasticorum anecdota hactenus opera, volume III, Paris: F. Didot fratres, page 386a of 374–390
- ^ Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 34
- ^ 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 130, 158
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կասդրիոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 532b
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կաստորիոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 535b
- Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, page 59
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կասդրիոս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 329b