Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From տարմ (tarm) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ հաւ (haw), because the bird is highly gregarious, forming large winter flocks.

Noun edit

տարմահաւ (tarmahaw)

  1. rosy starling, Pastor roseus

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: տարմահավ (tarmahav)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տարմահաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “տարմահաւ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 549a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “տարմահաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 858a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տարմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 387a