Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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ծիծառն (cicaṙn)

  1. swallow (bird)
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] 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.
  2. nightingale
  3. (astronomy) name of a constellation

Usage notes

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  • In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek χελιδών (khelidṓn).

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ծիծեռնակ (ciceṙnak), ծիծեռ (ciceṙ), ծիծառ (cicaṙ)

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 137, 161

Further reading

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  • 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