Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From գառն- (gaṙn-, lamb) +‎ անգղ (angġ, vulture). Calque of German Lämmergeier. Probably coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գառնանգղ (gaṙnangġ)

  1. lammergeier, bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Lämmergeier”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch]‎[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 990a
  • Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʻiwn, A. Kendanabanutʻiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 133–134