գառնանգղ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From գառն- (gaṙn-, lamb) +‎ անգղ (angġ, vulture). Calque of German Lämmergeier. Probably coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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գառնանգղ (gaṙnangġ)

  1. lammergeier, bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Lämmergeier”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch]‎[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 990a
  • Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʻiwn, A. Kendanabanutʻiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 133–134