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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵoy-ǵar-n-, reduplication of *ǵār- (“voice, exclamation”). Cognate with Ossetian зар (zar, “song”), Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice”), Latin garrio (“to chatter”), Old English caru (English care).
Noun
ծիծառն • (cicaṙn)
- swallow (bird)
5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries,
Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (
TR).33.3:
[1][2]- Ասէ զծիծառնէն, թէ միանգամ ծնանի եւ այլ ոչ եւս։
- Asē zcicaṙnēn, tʻē miangam cnani ew ayl očʻ ews.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- He says about the swallow that it gives birth once and no more.
- nightingale
- (astronomy) name of a constellation
Usage notes
- In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek χελιδών (khelidṓn).
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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 41
- ^ 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 137, 161
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծիծառն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծիծառն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 341
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիծառն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy