գետնառիւծ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գետնառեւծ (getnaṙewc)

Etymology

From գետին (getin) + առիւծ (aṙiwc), calque of Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, on the earth, on the ground) + λέων (léōn, lion).

Noun

գետնառիւծ (getnaṙiwc)

  1. chameleon

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գետնառիւծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գետնառիւծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “analut‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 65
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