ունդակեր

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ունդ (und) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ -կեր (-ker, to eat). Calque of Ancient Greek ὀσπριοφάγος (ospriophágos).

Adjective

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ունդակեր (undaker)

  1. pulse-eating, feeding on legumes
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).23.2–3:[1]
      Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զմրջունառեւծէ, թէ հաւր նորա դեմք առեւծու են եւ մաւրն՝ մրջմանն․ հայրն գիշակեր է եւ մայրն հնդակեր։
      Baroyaxawsn asē zmrǰunaṙewcē, tʻē hawr nora demkʻ aṙewcu en ew mawrn, mrǰmann; hayrn gišaker ē ew mayrn hndaker.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Physiologus says about the ant-lion, that its father has the face of a lion and the mother—of an ant; its father is carnivorous, and the mother—pulse-eater.

Usage notes

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References

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  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 61, 127, 156

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ունդակեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ունդակեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy