կովադիաց

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian կովադիաց (kovadiacʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: կո‧վա‧դի‧աց

Noun

կովադիաց (kovadiacʻ)

  1. a kind of green lizard

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally “cow-sucker”, from կով (kov) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ դիեմ (diem). Compare Sanskrit गोधा (godhā́, Iguana, a species of big lizard, literally cow milker/sucker), Kurdish. The semantics are based on some folk-belief. Later replaced by կովածուծ (kovacuc).

Noun

կովադիաց (kovadiacʻ)

  1. a kind of lizard, perhaps also toad
    • 10/13th century, Tʻovmay Arcruni and Ananun, Patmutʻiwn tann Arcruneacʻ [History of the House of Artsrunik] A.3:
      զի մողէզք եւ կովիդեայք, քարաթաթաւշք եւ բնդռունք ի վերայ եկեալ՝ կերան զորս նորա
      zi mołēzkʻ ew kovideaykʻ, kʻaratʻatʻawškʻ ew bndṙunkʻ i veray ekeal, keran zors nora

Descendants

  • Armenian: կովադիաց (kovadiacʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կովադիաց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կովադիաց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 373