հաւալուսն
Old Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From հաւ (haw, “bird”) + -ա- (-a-) + լուսն (lusn, “*white”). The similarity to Arabic حَوْصَل (ḥawṣal, “pelican”) is rather coincidental.
Noun edit
հաւալուսն • (hawalusn)
- pelican
- 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).7.2–3:[1]
- Բարուախաւսն ասէ զհաւալուսն, թէ կարի որդեսէր է․ եւ յորժամ հանէ զձագսն, եւ սակաւիկ մի աճեն, ապտակեն զերեսս հաւրն եւ մաւրն։
- Baruaxawsn asē zhawalusn, tʿē kari ordesēr ē; ew yoržam hanē zjagsn, ew sakawik mi ačen, aptaken zeress hawrn ew mawrn.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the pelican that it is an extraordinary lover of its young. And when it brings forth nestlings and they grow a bit, they slap their father and mother on the face.
- Բարուախաւսն ասէ զհաւալուսն, թէ կարի որդեսէր է․ եւ յորժամ հանէ զձագսն, եւ սակաւիկ մի աճեն, ապտակեն զերեսս հաւրն եւ մաւրն։
Usage notes edit
In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).
Declension edit
n-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | հաւալուսն (hawalusn) | ? | |
genitive | հաւալսան (hawalsan) | ? | |
dative | ? | ? | |
accusative | հաւալուսն (hawalusn) | ? | |
ablative | ? | ? | |
instrumental | ? | ? | |
locative | ? | ? |
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: հավալուսն (havalusn) (learned)
References edit
- ^ 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 97–98, 145
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) “լոյս”, 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 295a
- Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հաւալուսն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 7–9
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “lusn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 320–321
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 690
- Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “հաւալուսն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy