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Old Armenian
Etymology
մամուռ (mamuṙ) + -ա- (-a-) + խնդրեմ (xndrem)
Adjective
մամռախնդիր • (mamṙaxndir)
- (of birds) moss-searching
5th century,
Łazar Pʻarpecʻi,
Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 7:
- այլ եւ զջրասուզակ մամռախնդիր խօզակեր մեծանձունք եւ յաղթամարմինք հաւքն, փորն եւ թանձրն եւ սագն, եւ կամ այլ բազում եւ անհամար ցամաքայնոցն եւ ջրայնոցն ջոկք թռչնոցն։
- ayl ew zǰrasuzak mamṙaxndir xōzaker mecanjunkʻ ew yałtʻamarminkʻ hawkʻn, pʻorn ew tʻanjrn ew sagn, ew kam ayl bazum ew anhamar cʻamakʻaynocʻn ew ǰraynocʻn ǰokkʻ tʻṙčʻnocʻn.
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- and the large and powerful aquatic birds that seek out weeds and feed on moss—the swan, duck, and goose, and many other numberless coveys of birds, terrestrial or aquatic.
References
- ^ Łazar Pʻarpecʻi (1904) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ew tʻułtʻ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 10
- ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1991) The History of Łazar Pʿarpecʿi (Columbia University Program in Armenian Studies. Suren D. Fesjian Academic Publications; 4), Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 43
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մամռախնդիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մամռախնդիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy