կովադիաց

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կովադիաց (kovadiacʿ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

կովադիաց (kovadiacʿ)

  1. a kind of green lizard

Declension

Synonyms

  • կովածծուկ (kovaccuk)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • կովիդիաց (kovidiacʿ), կովիդեայ (kovideay)

Etymology

Literally “cow-sucker”, from կով (kov) + -ա- (-a-) + դիեմ (diem). Compare Sanskrit गोधा (godhā́, Iguana, a species of big lizard, literally cow milker/sucker), Kurdish bizinmij (monitor lizard, literally goat sucker). The semantics are based on some folk-belief. Later replaced by կովածուծ (kovacuc).

Noun

կովադիաց (kovadiacʿ)

  1. a kind of lizard, perhaps also toad
    • 10/13th century, Tʿovmay Arcruni and Ananun, Patmutʿiwn tann Arcruneacʿ [History of the House of Artsrunik] A.3:
      զի մողէզք եւ կովիդեայք, քարաթաթաւշք եւ բնդռունք ի վերայ եկեալ՝ կերան զորս նորա
      zi mołēzkʿ ew kovideaykʿ, kʿaratʿatʿawškʿ ew bndṙunkʿ i veray ekeal, keran zors nora

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կովադիաց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կովադիաց”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 373
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