Middle Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ջահրայ (ǰahray, spinning wheel) +‎ -իկ (-ik).[1][2][3]

Noun

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ջահրիկ (ǰahrik)

  1. a kind of small bird
    • 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ [Praise of Birds] 290–293:[4][5]
      Ջահրիկն (var. ջախրիկն) փոքր էր զետ ծրար
      Ու զընզընայր զեդ մանծըրար.
      Շաբաթն ի բուն ինքըն ջանայր
      Ու Կիրակին՝ մանած չը կայր։
      J̌ahrikn (var. ǰaxrikn) pʻokʻr ēr zet crar
      U zənzənayr zed mancərar.
      Šabatʻn i bun inkʻən ǰanayr
      U Kirakin, manac čʻə kayr.
      • Translation by John A. C. Greppin
        The ǰahrik was like a small bundle,
        And he whirred like a spinner,
        All week he worked hard
        And on Sunday there was no yarn.
  2. (music) a kind of melody

Descendants

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  • Armenian: ջահրիկ (ǰahrik), ճահրիկ (čahrik) (learned) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Aṙakʻelyan, Babken (1958) Kʻaġakʻnerə ew arhestnerə Hayastanum IX—XIII darerum [Cities and crafts of Armenia in the IX–XII centuries]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 267a
  2. ^ Tʻamrazyan, Arusyak (2016) ““Manrusman” arvestə hay miǰnadarum [The Art of “Manrusum” of the Armenian Middle Ages]”, in Banber hayagitutʻyan [Journal of Armenian studies]‎[2] (in Armenian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 139 of 125–160
  3. ^ Tamrazyan, Arusyak (2018) “The art of the manrusumn neumated codices in Armenian mediaeval sacred chant”, in Clavibus unitis[3], volume 7, number 2, page 30 of 13–34
  4. ^ Mnacʻakanyan, A. Š. (1980) ““Govankʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ” taġašarkʻə, nra heġinakə ew žamanakə [The poetic cycle "Praise of Birds", its author and time of creation]”, in Banber Matenadarani [Herald of the Matenadaran]‎[4] (in Armenian), volume 13, Yerevan, page 254 of 232–258
  5. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 245

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