լազանի

Old Armenian

Etymology

Attested only in a work of Thomas Aquinas translated into Armenian in the 14th century. Transliterated from synonymous Medieval Latin lazani, which is also spelled lanzani.

Noun

լազանի • (lazani)

1. a kind of ferocious small animal which is feared even by the lion
   • 14th century, Thomas Aquinas, Girkʿ aṙakʿinutʿeancʿ [Book of Virtues] :[1]

     [առիւծն] երկնչի ի փոքր կենդանւոյն ումեմնէ, որ կոչի լազանի, յորոյ գազանութենէ ոչ ոք կենդանի է անհոգ

     [aṙiwcn] erknčʻi i pʻokʻr kendanwoyn umemnē, or kočʻi lazani, yoroy gazanutʻenē očʻ okʻ kendani ē anhog

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լազանի”, 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 256b, not knowing the origin
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “լազանի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 289b, not knowing the origin
• Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “լազանի”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Mnacʻordkʻ grabaṙ baṙicʻ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. The Remainder of Old Armenian Words]‎^[2] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 158a
• Thomson, R. W. (1995) A Bibliography of Classical Armenian Literature to 1500 AD (Corpus Christianorum), Turnhout: Brepols, page 40