խարբուզ

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian hlbwc (xarbuz).

Noun

խարբուզ • (xarbuz)

1. a kind of wild goat or antelope
   • 5th century, Bible, Book of Deuteronomy 14.4–5:

     […] այս անասունք են զորս ուտիցէք․ արջառ եւ ոչխար ի հօտից, եւ նոխազ յայծեաց՝ զեղջերու եւ զայծեամն, եւ զգօմէշ եւ զխարբուզ եւ զայծքաղ եւ զյամոյր եւ զանալութ […]

     […] ays anasunkʻ en zors uticʻēkʻ; arǰaṙ ew očʻxar i hōticʻ, ew noxaz yayceacʻ, zełǰeru ew zayceamn, ew zgōmēš ew zxarbuz ew zayckʻał ew zyamoyr ew zanalutʻ […]

     […] these are the beasts which ye shall eat: the cattle and the sheep from the flock, and the he-goat from the goats, the hart, and the roebuck, and the buffalo, and the xarbuz, and the antelope, and the yamoyr, and the analutʿ […]

Usage notes

The exact species denoted by this word is uncertain. It is attested only once, translating Ancient Greek τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos). According to some, synonymous with էշայծեամն (ēšayceamn).

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խարբուզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խարբուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 159
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խարբուզ”, 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, pages 343–344
• 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, page 884