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Middle Armenian
- ջախրիկ (ǰaxrik) — variant reading
Etymology
From ջահրայ (ǰahray, “spinning wheel”) + -իկ (-ik).[1][2][3]
Noun
ջահրիկ • (ǰahrik)
- a kind of small bird
13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos,
Govkʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ 290–293:
[4][5]- Ջահրիկն (var. ջախրիկն) փոքր էր զետ ծրար
Ու զընզընայր զեդ մանծըրար.
Շաբաթն ի բուն ինքըն ջանայր
Ու Կիրակին՝ մանած չը կայր։- J̌ahrikn (var. ǰaxrikn) pʻokʻr ēr zet crar
U zənzənayr zed mancərar.
Šabatʻn i bun inkʻən ǰanayr
U Kirakin, manac čʻə kayr.
- Translation by John A. C. Greppin
- The ǰahrik was like a small bundle,
And he whirred like a spinner,
All week he worked hard
And on Sunday there was no yarn.
- (music) a kind of melody
Descendants
- → Armenian: ջահրիկ (ǰahrik), ճահրիկ (čahrik) (learned) (learned)
References
- ^ Aṙakʻelyan, Babken (1958) Kʻaġakʻnerə ew arhestnerə Hayastanum IX—XIII darerum [Cities and crafts of Armenia in the IX–XII centuries] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 267a
- ^ Tʻamrazyan, Arusyak (2016) ““Manrusman” arvestə hay miǰnadarum [The Art of “Manrusum” of the Armenian Middle Ages]”, in Banber hayagitutʻyan [Journal of Armenian studies] (in Armenian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 139 of 125–160
- ^ Tamrazyan, Arusyak (2018) “The art of the manrusumn neumated codices in Armenian mediaeval sacred chant”, in Clavibus unitis, volume 7, number 2, page 30 of 13–34
- ^ Mnacʻakanyan, A. Š. (1980) ““Govankʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ” taġašarkʻə, nra heġinakə ew žamanakə [The poetic cycle "Praise of Birds", its author and time of creation]”, in Banber Matenadarani [Herald of the Matenadaran] (in Armenian), volume 13, Yerevan, page 254 of 232–258
- ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 245
Further reading
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “ջահրիկ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 573ab
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ջահրիկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 649b
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ջահրիկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 666b