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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos).
Noun
կիկնոս • (kiknos)
- swan
- Synonym: կարապ (karap)
5th century,
Basil of Caesarea,
Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean :
- Դարձեալ եթէ կամեսցիս տեղեկանալ մեւս եւս թռչնոյ՝ որ անուանեալ կոչի կիկնոս, այս ինքն փոր կամ ձկնաքաղ, թէ զիարդ կիկնոսն հաւ մխէ զերկայն պարանոցն ի ջուրն, զի ի խորոց անտի ի վեր ածից է զպէտս իւրոյ կերակրոյն։
- Darjeal etʻē kamescʻis tełekanal mews ews tʻṙčʻnoy, or anuaneal kočʻi kiknos, ays inkʻn pʻor kam jknakʻał, tʻē ziard kiknosn haw mxē zerkayn paranocʻn i ǰurn, zi i xorocʻ anti i ver acicʻ ē zpēts iwroy kerakroyn.
- Translation by John A. C. Greppin
- Moreover, if you should wish to be informed of another bird which os called the kiknos, the same as a pʻor ('swan') or jknakʻał ('heron'); how the kiknos bird extends its long neck into the water so that thence from the bottom it would carry up the necessities for its nourishment.
Usage notes
Found only in Hexaemeron, translating Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos).
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կիկնոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կիկնոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 27–28