ծարբ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A ghost word found in Norayr's dictionary quoting Roszka's dictionary,[1] and hence copied into other dictionaries.[2][3][4][5][6] Most likely a literary corruption of ծարաւ (caraw, thirst) under the influence of քարբ (kʻarb). J̌axǰaxean's dictionary additionally glosses ծարաւ (caraw) as "thirst-causing serpent".[7] This is a misunderstanding of the passage in Deuteronomy 8:15, which see in ծարաւ (caraw).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ծարբ (carb) (extremely rare)

  1. a kind of serpent, whose bite causes intense thirst
    • finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary :[1]
      Ծարբ· օձ նման քարբի, յորմէ եթէ ոք հարցի՝ ի ծարաւոյ մեռանի․ լտ. Dipsas
      Carb· ōj nman kʻarbi, yormē etʻē okʻ harcʻi, i carawoy meṙani; lt. Dipsas
      Carb = a serpent similar to the քարբ (kʻarb), from whose bite one dies of thirst. In Latin, dipsas.

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “dipsade”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 404a
  2. ^ Gabamačean, Simon (1910) “ծարբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hayerēn Lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Constantinople: R. Sakayan press, page 663a
  3. ^ Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “ծարբ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 332c
  4. ^ ծարբ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980, page 659a
  5. ^ Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ծարբ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan, page 642b
  6. ^ Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (2009) “ծարբ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (Haykakan matenašar Galust Kiwlpēnkean himnarkutʻean) (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 463a
  7. ^ J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “ծարբ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 723b

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծարաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 449ab
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծարբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 449b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծարբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 360b