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Old Armenian
Etymology
From միայն (miayn) + այր (ayr). Found only in the Physiologus, translating and calquing Ancient Greek μόνανδρος (mónandros). The reading միայնայր (miaynayr) is a conjecture by Marr, supported by ერთ ხოლო მამალი არნ (ert xolo mamali arn) in the Old Georgian version.[1]
Adjective
միայնայր • (miaynayr)
- (hapax) monandrous
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).31.2–3:
[2][3]- Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զագռաւէ, եթէ միայնայր (var. ի միաւորութենէ) է։ Եւ թէ մեռանի վարուժանն, էգն յայլ վարուժան չհպի։
- Baroyaxawsn asē zagṙawē, etʻē miaynayr (var. i miaworutʻenē) ē. Ew tʻē meṙani varužann, ēgn yayl varužan čʻhpi.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the crow that it is monogamous, and if the male dies, the female does not touch other male.
References
- ^ Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 125
- ^ Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 39
- ^ 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 61, 135, 160