կատուականջ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From կատու (katu, cat) +‎ ականջ (akanǰ, ear).

The meaning is uncertain. Found only in a medieval dictionary glossing Arabic آذَان الْفَأْر (ʔāḏān al-faʔr, Myosotis stricta, literally mouse ear), which is called մկնականջ (mknakanǰ, literally mouse ear) in Armenian. Perhaps the Arabic should be corrected to آذَان الْقَطّ (ʔāḏān al-qaṭṭ, literally cat's ear), which is found in Amirdovlatʿ as ազան ըլ ղըթ (azan əl ġətʻ) and explained as زَرَاوَنْد مُدَحْرَج (zarāwand mudaḥraj, Aristolochia rotunda).

Noun

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կատուականջ (katuakanǰ)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. forget-me-not, scorpion-grass (Myosotis gen. and spp.)
    2. cat's ear (Hypochaeris gen. and spp.
    3. smearwort (Aristolochia rotunda)
    • 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :
      ադանալփար (vars. արդանալփար, արտանալփար) = կատուականջ
      adanalpʻar (vars. ardanalpʻar, artanalpʻar) = katuakanǰ
      آذَان الْفَأْر (ʔāḏān al-faʔr) = katuakanǰ

Further reading

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