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Old Georgian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Armenian վահանակրեայ (vahanakreay).
Noun
ვაჰანაკრაჲ • (vahanaḳray)
- aspidochelone
c. 970 CE,
Physiologus Chapter XX:
[1][2]- არს მჴეცი ზღუასა შინა, რომელი იწოდების ვაჰანაკრაჲ — კუვი ზღჳსაჲ.
- ars mqeci zɣuasa šina, romeli ic̣odebis vahanaḳray — ḳuvi zɣwisay.
- There is a beast in the sea, who's called aspidochelone, a sea turtle.
References
- ^ Gigineišvili Bakar and Giunašvili Elguǯa, editors (1979), Šaṭberdis ḳrebuli X sauḳunisa [The Shatberdi Codex of X Century] (Ʒveli kartuli mc̣erlobis ʒeglebi; 1) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 184
- ^ 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 26
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვაჰანაკრაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 155