չիղջ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian չիղջ (čʻiłǰ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

չիղջ (čʻiġǰ)

  1. bat (flying mammal)
    Synonym: չղջիկ (čʻġǰik)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Likely an ideophone.[1]

Noun[edit]

չիղջ (čʻiłǰ)

  1. bat (flying mammal)
    • 5th century, Bible, Leviticus 11.19:[2]
      [] եւ արագիլ եւ քարարդ, եւ որ ինչ նման իցէ նոցա, եւ յոպոպ, եւ չիղջ (var. ջիղջ, չիղջք, ջիւղջ) []
      [] ew aragil ew kʻarard, ew or inčʻ nman icʻē nocʻa, ew yopop, ew čʻiłǰ (var. ǰiłǰ, čʻiłǰkʻ, ǰiwłǰ) []
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        [] and the heron, and the lapwing, and the like to it, and the hoopoe and the bat []

Usage notes[edit]

In Leviticus, translates Ancient Greek νυκτερίς (nukterís).

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: չիղջ (čʻiġǰ) (learned), չղջիկ (čʻġǰik)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Inčičean, Ġukas (1835) Hnaxōsutʻiwn ašxarhagrakan Hayastaneaycʻ ašxarhi [National antiquities of Armenia] (in Old Armenian), volume III, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 21
  2. ^ Zēytʻunean A. S., editor (1993), Girkʻ Łewtacʻwocʻ [Book of Leviticus] (Hay hnaguyn tʻargmanakan hušarjanner; 4)‎[1], Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, critical text, page 85

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “չիղջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “չիղջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 575–576
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չիղջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 586a