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տարմահաւ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From տարմ (tarm) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ հաւ (haw), because the bird is highly gregarious, forming large winter flocks.

Noun

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տարմահաւ (tarmahaw)

  1. rosy starling, Pastor roseus

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: տարմահավ (tarmahav)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տարմահաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “տարմահաւ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 549a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “տարմահաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 858a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տարմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 387a