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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սիրամարգ (siramarg).

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Noun edit

սիրամարգ (siramarg)

  1. peacock

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

According to Ačaṙyan, from earlier *սինամարգ (*sinamarg) (note the dialectal forms of սիրամարգ (siramarg)), an Iranian borrowing. See Middle Persian [script needed] (synmwlw /⁠Sēnmurw⁠/) for more. Note also Old Georgian ფარშამანგი (paršamangi).

J̌ahukyan notes, that the word was reshaped in Armenian by folk etymology under the influence of սիր- (sir-, love).

Noun edit

սիրամարգ (siramarg)

  1. peacock, Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
    էգ սիրամարգēg siramargpeahen
    ձագ սիրամարգիjag siramargipea-chick
    սիրամարգ գոչէsiramarg gočʿēthe peacock cries or screams
    նազել՝ սիգալ որպէս զսիրամարգnazel, sigal orpēs zsiramargto plume oneself; to boast

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սիրամարգ (siramarg)
  • Middle Armenian: սիրամարք (siramarkʿ)

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