ջորեակ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From ջորի (ǰori, mule) +‎ -ակ (-ak, diminutive suffix) with an uncertain sense development also seen in Czech kobylka (locust), the diminutive of kobyla (mare).[1][2]

Noun

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ջորեակ (ǰoreak)

  1. a kind of small locust, or its wingless larva
    Coordinate term: մարախ (marax)
    • 5th century, Bible, Leviticus 11.22:[3]
      Եւ այս իցեն, զոր ուտիցէք ի նոցանէ․ զջորեակդ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա, եւ զխարագուլ, եւ որ ինչ նման է նմա []
      Ew ays icʻen, zor uticʻēkʻ i nocʻanē; zǰoreakd, ew or inčʻ nman ē nma, ew zxaragul, ew or inčʻ nman ē nma []
      • Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
        And of them, these you shall eat: the locust larva and those similar to it and the bald locust and those similar to it []

Usage notes

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In Leviticus, translates Ancient Greek βροῦχος (broûkhos).

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ջորյակ (ǰoryak) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ջորեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 676a
  2. ^ Ivanova, Valerija (2018) The development of Proto-Indo-European *y in Armenian[1], a master's thesis, Prague: Charles University, page 45
  3. ^ Zēytʻunean A. S., editor (1993), Girkʻ Łewtacʻwocʻ [Book of Leviticus] (Hay hnaguyn tʻargmanakan hušarjanner; 4)‎[2], Antelias: Holy See of Cilicia, critical text, page 86

Further reading

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  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 789
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 373, 939
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ջորեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy