խարբուզ
Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian hlbwc (xarbuz).
Noun
խարբուզ • (xarbuz)
- a kind of wild goat or antelope
- 5th century, Bible, Book of Deuteronomy 14.4–5:
- […] այս անասունք են զորս ուտիցէք․ արջառ եւ ոչխար ի հօտից, եւ նոխազ յայծեաց՝ զեղջերու եւ զայծեամն, եւ զգօմէշ եւ զխարբուզ եւ զայծքաղ եւ զյամոյր եւ զանալութ […]
- […] ays anasunkʿ en zors uticʿēkʿ; arǰaṙ ew očʿxar i hōticʿ, ew noxaz yayceacʿ, zełǰeru ew zayceamn, ew zgōmēš ew zxarbuz ew zayckʿał ew zyamoyr ew zanalutʿ […]
- […] these are the beasts which ye shall eat: the cattle and the sheep from the flock, and the he-goat from the goats, the hart, and the roebuck, and the buffalo, and the xarbuz, and the antelope, and the yamoyr, and the analutʿ […]
- […] այս անասունք են զորս ուտիցէք․ արջառ եւ ոչխար ի հօտից, եւ նոխազ յայծեաց՝ զեղջերու եւ զայծեամն, եւ զգօմէշ եւ զխարբուզ եւ զայծքաղ եւ զյամոյր եւ զանալութ […]
Usage notes
The exact species denoted by this word is uncertain. It is attested only once, translating Ancient Greek τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos). According to some, synonymous with էշայծեամն (ēšayceamn).
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խարբուզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խարբուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 159
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “խարբուզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 343–344
- 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 884
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