ծիծառն

ծիծառն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ծիծեռն (ciceṙn), ծիծեառն (ciceaṙn)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵoy-ǵar-n-, reduplication of *ǵār- (“voice, exclamation”). Cognate with Ossetian зар (zar, “song”), Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice”), Latin garrio (“to chatter”), Old English caru (English care).

Noun

ծիծառն • (cicaṙn)

1. swallow (bird)
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).33.3:[1][2]

     Ասէ զծիծառնէն, թէ միանգամ ծնանի եւ այլ ոչ եւս։

     Asē zcicaṙnēn, tʿē miangam cnani ew ayl očʿ ews.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       He says about the swallow that it gives birth once and no more.

2. nightingale
3. (astronomy) name of a constellation

Usage notes

• In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek χελιδών (khelidṓn).

Declension

n-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ծիծառն (cicaṙn)		ծիծառունք (cicaṙunkʿ)
genitive	ծիծառան (cicaṙan)		ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʿ)
dative	ծիծառան (cicaṙan)		ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʿ)
accusative	ծիծառն (cicaṙn)		ծիծառունս (cicaṙuns)
ablative	ծիծառանէ (cicaṙanē)		ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʿ)
instrumental	ծիծառամբ (cicaṙamb)		ծիծառամբք (cicaṙambkʿ)
locative	ծիծառան (cicaṙan)		ծիծառունս (cicaṙuns)

Derived terms

• ծիծառնուկ (cicaṙnuk)

Descendants

• Armenian: ծիծեռնակ (ciceṙnak), ծիծեռ (ciceṙ), ծիծառ (cicaṙ)

References

1. Марр, Н. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 41
2. Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 137, 161

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծիծառն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծիծառն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 341
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծիծառն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy