ვაჰანაკრაჲ

ვაჰანაკრაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian վահանակրեայ (vahanakreay).

Noun

ვაჰანაკრაჲ • (vahanaḳray)

1. aspidochelone
   • c. 970 CE, Physiologus Chapter XX:[1][2]

     არს მჴეცი ზღუასა შინა, რომელი იწოდების ვაჰანაკრაჲ — კუვი ზღჳსაჲ.

     ars mqeci zɣuasa šina, romeli ic̣odebis vahanaḳray — ḳuvi zɣwisay.

     There is a beast in the sea, who's called aspidochelone, a sea turtle.

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) , “ვაჰანაკრაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 155

References

1. Gigineišvili Bakar and Giunašvili Elguǯa, editors (1979) Šaṭberdis ḳrebuli X sauḳunisa [The Shatberdi Codex of X Century] (Ʒveli kartuli mc̣erlobis ʒeglebi; 1)‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 184
2. Marr, N. (1904) Teksty i razyskanija po armjano-gruzinskoj filologii. Kniga VI. Fiziolog. Armjano-gruzinskij izvod [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Izdanija Fakulʹteta vostočnyx jazykov Imperatorskovo S.-Peterburgskovo universiteta; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 26