շրուանդ

շրուանդ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• շուանդ (šuand), շուանգ (šuang) – variant readings

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Noun

շրուանդ • (šruand)

1. empty bunch of grapes, empty grape stalk
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).17.3–5:[1][2]

     Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զոզնոյ, թէ յորժամ ելանէ յողկոյզն որթոյ, արկանէ ի խոնարհ զպտուղն եւ սփռէ ի գետնին եւ ինքն թաւալի ի վերա․ եւ կառչին պտուղքն ի խոչսն, եւ առեալ տանի ձագուցն իւրեանց եւ թողու լոկ զշրուանդսն (var. զշուանդսն, զշուանգսն)։

     Baroyaxawsn asē zoznoy, tʿē yoržam elanē yołkoyzn ortʿoy, arkanē i xonarh zptułn ew spʿṙē i getnin ew inkʿn tʿawali i vera; ew kaṙčʿin ptułkʿn i xočʿsn, ew aṙeal tani jagucʿn iwreancʿ ew tʿołu lok zšruandsn (var. zšuandsn, zšuangsn).

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       Physiologus says about the hedgehog, that when it climbs to the bunch of grapes of the vine, it drops the fruits down and scatters them on the ground, and it itself rolls on top, and the grapes stick to its quills, and it takes them to its young and leaves the bunch empty.

Usage notes

Attested only in the Physiologus.

Descendants

• → Armenian: շրվանդ (šrvand) (learned)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973) , “շրուանդ”, 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, page 397a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) , “շրուանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879) , “շրուանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

References

1. 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 115, 151
2. Marr, N. (1894) Sborniki pritč Vardana. Častʹ III. Priloženija. Priloženije V. Fiziolog [Collection of Vardan's fables. Part III: Appendices. Appendix V: Physiologus] (in Old Armenian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 154 of 129–175