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Old Armenian
Etymology
Attested only in the Physiologus, transliterating Ancient Greek περιδέξιον (peridéxion)․
Noun
պերեդիքսոն • (peredikʻson)
- peridexion (legendary tree)
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).30.1–2:
[1][2]- Է ծառ, որ կոչի պերեդիքսոն (var. պերիդիքսիոն, պերիքոն, պետրիքոն, պորդոքսոն), որ թարգմանի կշտապանակ։ Եւ է ի Հնդիկս․ եւ պտուղ ծառոյն քաղցր է, քան զամենայն քաղցրութիւն։
- Ē caṙ, or kočʻi peredikʻson (var. peridikʻsion, perikʻon, petrikʻon, pordokʻson), or tʻargmani kštapanak. Ew ē i Hndiks; ew ptuł caṙoyn kʻałcʻr ē, kʻan zamenayn kʻałcʻrutʻiwn.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- There is a tree called peridexion which is translated "side-cover." And it is in India; and the fruit of the tree is sweeter than any sweetness.
Descendants
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 37
- ^ 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 40, 133, 159
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պերիքոն”, 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, pages 75–76
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կշտապանակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1108b