թզկերուկ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From թուզ (tʻuz, “fig”) +‎ ուտել (utel, “to eat”) +‎ -ուկ (-uk).

Noun

թզկերուկ • (tʻzkeruk) (hapax)

  1. a kind of bird that feeds on figs
    • 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʿ Tʿṙčʿnocʿ [Praise of Birds] A version found only as a quotation in the unpublished Armenian–Latin dictionary of Stefanus Roszka completed 1731:[1]
      Թըզկերուկ հաւ մի կայ,
      Որ միշտ թըզով նա գիրանայ
      Tʻəzkeruk haw mi kay,
      Or mišt tʻəzov na giranay
      There is the bird tʻəzkeruk,
      That grows fat on figs

Usage notes

The species is unknown. Has been glossed with Ottoman Turkish انجیر قوشی (incir kuşu),[2] Italian beccafico,[3] English figpecker,[4] French becfigue,[5][6] German Feigendrossel,[7] based solely on the fig-eating. Typologically compare also Georgian მოლაღური (molaɣuri).

References
  1. Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “թզկերուկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 227
  2. Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “ինճիր գուշու”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 317b
  3. Čamčean, Pʻilippos (1846) “beccafico”, in Nor barbaṙaran yitałakanē i gałiarēn, i hay ew i tačik [Nuovo dizionario italiano-francese-armeno-turco]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 116a
  4. Awgerean, Yarutʻiwn (1868) “figpecker”, in Baṙaran Angłiarēn ew Hayerēn [A Dictionary English and Armenian]‎, 2nd edition, with the assistance of John Brand Esqre. A. M., Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 298b
  5. Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “becfigue”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 140b
  6. Kʻaǰuni, Manuēl (1891) “bec-figue”, in Baṙgirkʻ aruesticʻ ew gitutʻeancʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres], volume I (overall work in Old Armenian and French), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 257a
  7. Koylawean (Goilaw), Awetikʻ (1884–1889) “Feigendrossel”, in Baṙagirkʻ germanerēn-hayerēn [Deutsch-armenisches Wörterbuch]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 601a

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թուզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 201–202
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.