վարուժան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վարուժան (varužan).

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Noun[edit]

վարուժան (varužan)

  1. the male of any bird, cock

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing, but the details are uncertain. Often connected with Persian ورشان (varašân), ورش (varaš, turtle-dove, wood-pigeon), but that is an Arabic borrowing. Périkhanian derives from unattested Parthian *vārōžan, from Old Iranian *vār-auǰana- (emitting seminal fluid; male); for the first part see Sanskrit वार् (vār, water), for the second part see նժոյգ (nžoyg).[1] Martirosyan derives from Iranian *vāram-ǰan, containing *ǰánti (to strike, kill, slay); in this case cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀𐬥 (vārəgan, the name of a bird of prey), Sogdian [script needed] (wʾrγnʾk, falcon).[2]

Noun[edit]

վարուժան (varužan)

  1. the male of any bird, cock
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).31.2–3:[3][4]
      Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զագռաւէ, եթէ միայնայր է։ Եւ թէ մեռանի վարուժանն, էգն յայլ վարուժան չհպի։
      Baroyaxawsn asē zagṙawē, etʻē miaynayr ē. Ew tʻē meṙani varužann, ēgn yayl varužan čʻhpi.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Physiologus says about the crow that it is monogamous, and if the male dies, the female does not touch other male.
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).32.2–3:[4]
      Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զտատրակէ, թէ մեկնի գնայ առանձինն յանապատ տեղիս եւ ուրոյն կեալ սիրէ եւ ի մէջ բազում վարուժանաց չկամի բնակել։
      Baroyaxawsn asē ztatrakē, tʻē mekni gnay aṙanjinn yanapat tełis ew uroyn keal sirē ew i mēǰ bazum varužanacʻ čʻkami bnakel.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Physiologus says about the turtle-dove that it goes separately to desert places. And it likes to live alone and does not want to dwell among many males.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: վարուժան (varužan) (learned)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 69–70
  2. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2003) Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 183, footnote 137
  3. ^ Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 39
  4. 4.0 4.1 Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[2], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 135, 136, 160, 161

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վարուժան”, 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, pages 323–324
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վարուժան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 65–67
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վարուժան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy