Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տառեղն (taṙełn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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տառեղ (taṙeġ)

  1. heron (bird of the family Ardeidae)

Usage notes

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Nine Ardeidae species are known on the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

Declension

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Further reading

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  •   Տառեղներ on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
  • Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), “տառեղներ”, in Hayastani bnašxarh [Nature of Armenia] (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 523a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben S. (2001) “տառեղ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ B. Tʻṙčʻunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book II. Birds] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Macmillan Armenia, →ISBN, § 31, page 6