կոկորդիլոս

Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կոկորդիլոս (kokordilos), կոկորդիղոս (kokordiłos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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կոկորդիլոս (kokordilos)

  1. crocodile

Usage notes

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In colloquial speech Russian крокоди́л (krokodíl) is used instead.

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Noun

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կոկորդիլոս (kokordilos)

  1. crocodile
    Synonym: նհանգ (nhang)
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] 28.2:[1][2][3]
      Եւ թշնամի է կոկորդիլոս գազանի, որոյ տիտիոն անուն է, որ թարգմանի քարթոթոշ։
      Ew tʻšnami ē kokordilos gazani, oroy tition anun ē, or tʻargmani kʻartʻotʻoš.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        And it [the otter] is hostile to the beast crocodile which is called "great lizard" that is translated քարթոթոշ (kʻartʻotʻoš).
  2. big lizard

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կոկորդիլոս (kokordilos) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Marr, N. (1894) Sborniki pritč Vardana. Častʹ III. Priloženija. Priloženije V. Fiziolog [Collections of Vardan's fables. Part III: Appendices. Appendix V: Physiologus] (in Old Armenian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 162 of 129–175
  2. ^ 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 36
  3. ^ 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 132, 159

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոկորդիղոս”, 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, pages 619–620
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կոկորդիղոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1110c
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 358–359
  • 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 116
  • Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[2], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, page 59
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոկորդիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 352b