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Old Armenian
Etymology
From ունդ (und) + -ա- (-a-) + -կեր (-ker, “to eat”). Calque of Ancient Greek ὀσπριοφάγος (ospriophágos).
Adjective
ունդակեր • (undaker)
- pulse-eating, feeding on legumes
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).23.2–3:
[1]- Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զմրջունառեւծէ, թէ հաւր նորա դեմք առեւծու են եւ մաւրն՝ մրջմանն․ հայրն գիշակեր է եւ մայրն հնդակեր։
- Baroyaxawsn asē zmrǰunaṙewcē, tʻē hawr nora demkʻ aṙewcu en ew mawrn, mrǰmann; hayrn gišaker ē ew mayrn hndaker.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the ant-lion, that its father has the face of a lion and the mother—of an ant; its father is carnivorous, and the mother—pulse-eater.
Usage notes
- In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek ὀσπριοφάγος (ospriophágos).
References
- ^ 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, 127, 156
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ունդակեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ունդակեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy