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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from a word related to Classical Syriac ܒܒܓܐ (/bbgʾ/), ܦܵܦܵܐ (ppʾ /pāp̄ā/), Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ), بَبَغَاء (babaḡāʔ), Persian ببغا (babğâ), بپغا (bapğâ, “parrot”). The immediate source of the Armenian is uncertain.
Noun
պապկայ • (papkay)
- parrot
6th century,
Philo of Alexandria,
Yałags ban unel ew anasun kendaneacʿd, aṙ Liwsimakʿos :
- 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
In Philo, translates Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós).
Declension
Descendants
- → Armenian: պապկա (papka)
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, 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
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պապկայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 27a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պապկայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 315
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պապկայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy