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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կեռնեխ (keṙnex).
Pronunciation
Noun
կեռնեխ • (keṙnex) (literary)
- thrush, Turdus (gen. et spp.)
- Synonym: տորդիկ (tordik)
Declension
Further reading
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (2001) “կեռնեխ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ B. Tʻṙčʻunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book II. Birds] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Macmillan Armenia, →ISBN, § 561, page 42
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown.
Noun
կեռնեխ • (keṙnex)
- a kind of perching bird: the blackbird or the starling
6th century,
Philo of Alexandria,
Yałags ban unel ew anasun kendaneacʻd, aṙ Liwsimakʻos :
[1][2]- Քանզի կեռնեխք եւ տատրակք եւ ծիծառնուկք ոչ միայն երգել բնաւորեալ են, այլ եւ յօդաւոր ձայնիւ երգեն, մինչ զի եւ ասել եւ գրել կարել զնուագացն բառս։
- Kʻanzi keṙnexkʻ ew tatrakkʻ ew cicaṙnukkʻ očʻ miayn ergel bnaworeal en, ayl ew yōdawor jayniw ergen, minčʻ zi ew asel ew grel karel znuagacʻn baṙs.
- Translation by Abraham Terian
- Blackbirds, turtledoves, and swallows not only twitter but also sing in rhythmic tunes, making it possible to express and to write words for the tunes.
6th century,
Philo of Alexandria,
Yałags ban unel ew anasun kendaneacʻd, aṙ Liwsimakʻos :
[3][4]- Քանզի կեռնեխք՝ եւ ագռաւք եւ պապկայք, եւ որ միանգամ հոմանմանք, զի թէպէտ եւ զանազանագոյն բարբառեսցին, յօդաւոր ո՛չ երբէք եւ ո՛չ իւիք ձայն կարասցեն հանել։
- Kʻanzi keṙnexkʻ, ew agṙawkʻ ew papkaykʻ, ew or miangam homanmankʻ, zi tʻēpēt ew zanazanagoyn barbaṙescʻin, yōdawor óčʻ erbēkʻ ew óčʻ iwikʻ jayn karascʻen hanel.
- Translation by Abraham Terian
- Although blackbirds, crows, parrots, and all the like can produce different kinds of utterances, they cannot produce an articulated voice in any manner whatever.
Usage notes
Attested only in Philo, translating Ancient Greek κόσσυφος (kóssuphos, “blackbird, Turdus merula”). In the margin glossed with սարիկ (sarik, “starling, Sturnus vulgaris”). Not found in modern dialects. Both Turdus merula and Sturnus vulgaris are common in Armenia.[5]
Descendants
- → Armenian: կեռնեխ (keṙnex) (learned)
References
- ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1822) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy bankʻ erekʻ čʻew i loys əncayealkʻ. A. B. Yałags naxaxnamutʻean. G. Yałags kendaneacʻ [Philonis Judaei sermones tres hactenus inediti. I et II De Providentia, et III De Animalibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 128–129
- ^ Terian, Abraham (1981) Philonis Alexandrini de Animalibus: The Armenian Text with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Studies in Hellenistic Judaism; 1), Chico, California: Scholars Press, page 72
- ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1822) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy bankʻ erekʻ čʻew i loys əncayealkʻ. A. B. Yałags naxaxnamutʻean. G. Yałags kendaneacʻ [Philonis Judaei sermones tres hactenus inediti. I et II De Providentia, et III De Animalibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 171
- ^ Terian, Abraham (1981) Philonis Alexandrini de Animalibus: The Armenian Text with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Studies in Hellenistic Judaism; 1), Chico, California: Scholars Press, page 108
- ^ Dalʹ, S. K. (1954) Životnyj mir Armjanskoj SSR. Tom I. Pozvonočnyje životnyje [The Fauna of Armenian SSR. Volume I. Vertebrate animals] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 236, 269–270
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կեռնեխ”, 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 574–575, rejecting Petersson's etymology and leaving the origin open
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կեռնեխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 213
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կեռնեխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 400b, accepting Petersson's etymology with hesitation
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “սարեկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 677, recording կեռնեղք (keṙnełkʻ)
- Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 102, deriving from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- and considering -եխ (-ex) a suffix seen also in գոռեխ (goṙex), մեղեխ (mełex)
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեռնեխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy