Armenian edit

 

Etymology edit

Usually considered of unknown origin.[1][2] But compare Persian اشغار (ašğâr, badger),[3] اشغر (ošğor, porcupine; badger),[4] اشغور (ašğur, ošğur, badger),[5] شغار (šağâr, badger, brock, kind of stinking weasel; urchin, hedgehog),[6][7] شغر (šoğr, šoğor, hedgehog; badger),[8] شغور (šoğur, badger; jackal).[9] Further compare Ossetian зыгъа́рӕг (zyǧáræg, badger), from зыгъа́р (zyǧár, having a white spot on the forehead (of animals)), to which are supposedly related Ossetian ӕсгӕ́р (æsgǽr, having a white stripe on the neck (of animals)) and Burushaski iškark (yellow).[10] See also Old Armenian ճագար (čagar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

իշղար (išġar)

  1. badger
    Synonyms: գորշուկ (goršuk), փորսուղ (pʻorsuġ)

Usage notes edit

Not attested in Old or Middle Armenian texts or in modern dialects. Considered a modern literary coinage.[2] Included in dictionaries as a modern word starting from Norayr.[11][12][13][14]

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “իշղար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 247b
  2. 2.0 2.1 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “իշղար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 286
  3. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اشغار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 65a
  4. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اشغر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 65a
  5. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اشغور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 65a
  6. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شغار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 747b
  7. ^ Nalbandyan, G. M. (1987) “شغار”, in Parskeren-hayeren baṙaran [Persian–Armenian Dictionary], Yerevan: Luys, page 375a
  8. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شغر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 747b
  9. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شغور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 748a
  10. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 318–319
  11. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “blaireau”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 151b
  12. ^ Yakobean, V. Y. (1892) “badger”, in Z. Torossian, editor, Baṙaran anglierēnē hayerēn [A Dictionary English Armenian]‎[2], Constantinople: Servitchen, page 39b
  13. ^ Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Dachs”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch]‎[3], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 400a
  14. ^ Gabamačean, Simon (1910) “իշղար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hayerēn Lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Constantinople: R. Sakayan press, page 559a