հաւալուսն
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From հաւ (haw, “bird”) + -ա- (-a-) + լուսն (lusn, “*white”). The similarity to Arabic حَوْصَل (ḥawṣal, “pelican”) is rather coincidental.
Noun
[edit]հաւալուսն • (hawalusn)
- pelican
- 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).7.2–3:[1]
- Բարուախաւսն ասէ զհաւալուսն, թէ կարի որդեսէր է․ եւ յորժամ հանէ զձագսն, եւ սակաւիկ մի աճեն, ապտակեն զերեսս հաւրն եւ մաւրն։
- Baruaxawsn asē zhawalusn, tʻē kari ordesēr ē; ew yoržam hanē zjagsn, ew sakawik mi ačen, aptaken zeress hawrn ew mawrn.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- Physiologus says about the pelican that it is an extraordinary lover of its young. And when it brings forth nestlings and they grow a bit, they slap their father and mother on the face.
- Բարուախաւսն ասէ զհաւալուսն, թէ կարի որդեսէր է․ եւ յորժամ հանէ զձագսն, եւ սակաւիկ մի աճեն, ապտակեն զերեսս հաւրն եւ մաւրն։
Usage notes
[edit]In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | հաւալուսն (hawalusn) | ? |
| genitive | հաւալսան (hawalsan) | ? |
| dative | ? | ? |
| accusative | հաւալուսն (hawalusn) | ? |
| ablative | ? | ? |
| instrumental | ? | ? |
| locative | ? | ? |
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: հավալուսն (havalusn) (learned)
References
[edit]- ^ 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 97–98, 145
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լոյս”, 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 295a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հաւալուսն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 7–9
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “lusn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 320–321
- 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 690
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հաւալուսն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy