անիդ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. According to Martirosyan possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)nHti- (“duck”).

Noun

անիդ • (anid)

  1. an unknown kind of a bird
    • c. 600 CE – c. 670 CE, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography] :
      […] եւ ՚ի հաւուց ճարակաւորս, զորս կտքաւ, զարաւշ, զանիդ եւ զայլս. ունի եւ ջերմուկս եւ աղտս եւ զամենայն պարարտութիւնս երկրի։
      […] ew ’i hawucʿ čarakawors, zors ktkʿaw, zarawš, zanid ew zayls. uni ew ǰermuks ew ałts ew zamenayn parartutʿiwns erkri.

Usage notes

The word is a hapax legomenon.

References
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անիդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անիդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անիդ”, 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), “anid”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 85
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