ջահրիկ
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- ջախրիկ (ǰaxrik) – variant reading
Etymology
From ջահրայ (ǰahray, “spinning wheel”) + -իկ (-ik).[1][2][3]
Noun
ջահրիկ • (ǰahrik)
- a kind of small bird
- 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʿ Tʿṙčʿnocʿ [Praise of Birds] 290–293:[4][5]
- Ջահրիկն (var. ջախրիկն) փոքր էր զետ ծրար
Ու զընզընայր զեդ մանծըրար.
Շաբաթն ի բուն ինքըն ջանայր
Ու Կիրակին՝ մանած չը կայր։- J̌ahrikn (var. ǰaxrikn) pʿokʿr ēr zet crar
U zənzənayr zed mancərar.
Šabatʿn i bun inkʿən ǰanayr
U Kirakin, manac čʿə kayr.
- Translation by John A. C. Greppin
- The ǰahrik was like a small bundle,
And he whirred like a spinner,
All week he worked hard
And on Sunday there was no yarn.
- The ǰahrik was like a small bundle,
- J̌ahrikn (var. ǰaxrikn) pʿokʿr ēr zet crar
- Ջահրիկն (var. ջախրիկն) փոքր էր զետ ծրար
- (music) a kind of melody
Descendants
- → Armenian: ջահրիկ (ǰahrik) (learned), ճահրիկ (čahrik) (learned)
References
- Aṙakʿelyan, Babken (1958) Kʿałakʿnerə ew arhestnerə Hayastanum IX—XIII darerum [Cities and crafts of Armenia in the IX–XII centuries] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 267a
- Tʿamrazyan, Arusyak (2016), ““Manrusman” arvestə hay miǰnadarum [The Art of “Manrusum” of the Armenian Middle Ages]”, in Banber hayagitutʿyan [Journal of Armenian studies] (in Armenian), issue 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 139 of 125–160
- Tamrazyan, Arusyak (2018), “The art of the manrusumn neumated codices in Armenian mediaeval sacred chant”, in Clavibus unitis, volume 7, issue 2, page 30 of 13–34
- Mnacʿakanyan, A. Š. (1980), ““Govankʿ Tʿṙčʿnocʿ” tałašarkʿə, nra hełinakə ew žamanakə [The poetic cycle "Praise of Birds", its author and time of creation]”, in Banber Matenadarani [Herald of the Matenadaran] (in Armenian), volume 13, Yerevan, page 254 of 232–258
- Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 245
Further reading
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “ջահրիկ”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 573ab
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ջահրիկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 649b
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ջահրիկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 666b