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Old Armenian
Etymology
From ջորի (ǰori, “mule”) + -ակ (-ak, “diminutive suffix”) with an uncertain sense development also seen in Czech kobylka (“locust”), the diminutive of kobyla (“mare”).[1][2]
Noun
ջորեակ • (ǰoreak)
- a kind of small locust, or its wingless larva
- Coordinate term: մարախ (marax)
5th century,
Bible,
Leviticus 11.22:
[3]- Եւ այս իցեն, զոր ուտիցէք ի նոցանէ․ զջորեակդ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա, եւ զխարագուլ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա
- Ew ays icʻen, zor uticʻēkʻ i nocʻanē; zǰoreakd, ew or inčʻ nman ē nma, ew zxaragul, ew or inčʻ nman ē nma […]
- Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
- And of them, these you shall eat: the locust larva and those similar to it and the bald locust and those similar to it
Usage notes
In Leviticus, translates Ancient Greek βροῦχος (broûkhos).
Declension
Descendants
- → Armenian: ջորյակ (ǰoryak) (learned)
References
- ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ջորեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 676a
- ^ Ivanova, Valerija (2018) The development of Proto-Indo-European *y in Armenian, a master's thesis, Prague: Charles University, page 45
- ^ Zēytʻunean A. S., editor (1993), Girkʻ Łewtacʻwocʻ (Hay hnaguyn tʻargmanakan hušarjanner; 4), Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, critical text, page 86
Further reading
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 789
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 373, 939
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ջորեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy