կաքաւ

From Classical Syriac ܩܩܒܐ (qaqqəḇāʼ), from Ancient Greek κακκάβη (kakkábē, “partridge”).

կաքաւ • (kakʻaw)

1. partridge
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).21.2:^[1]

     Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զկաքաւէ, թէ զայլոյ ձուս թխէ եւ ձագս հանէ։

     Baroyaxawsn asē zkakʻawē, tʻē zayloy jus tʻxē ew jags hanē.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       Physiologus says about the partridge that it hatches the eggs of another and breeds nestlings.

2. (figuratively) variety of a dance

   կաքաւք զինուց ― kakʻawkʻ zinucʻ ― joust, tourney, tilt

   կաքաւս յօրինել, ի կաքաւս իջանել ― kakʻaws yōrinel, i kakʻaws iǰanel ― to dance, to skip, to bound

• In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix).

• Armenian: կաքավ (kakʻav)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաքաւ”, 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) “կաքաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կաքաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy