ինքնիմոն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms
  • իքնիմոն (ikʿnimon) — variant reading

Etymology

Transliteration of Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn). Attested only in the Physiologus, translating that Greek word. Glossed with Armenian հետահան (hetahan).

Noun

ինքնիմոն • (inkʿnimon)

  1. ichneumon, Herpestes ichneumon
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).29.1:[1]
      Է երէ ինչ, որ կոչի ինքնիմոն (var. իքնիմոն), որ թարգմանի հետահան․ թշնամի է վիշապի, թէպէտ եւ սաստիկ իցէ վիշապս։
      Ē erē inčʿ, or kočʿi inkʿnimon (var. ikʿnimon), or tʿargmani hetahan; tʿšnami ē višapi, tʿēpēt ew sastik icʿē višaps.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There is an animal called ichneumon which is translated "tracer." It is the enemy of the dragon, although the dragon is fierce.

Descendants
  • → Old Georgian: იქნამონი (iknamoni)

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 59, 132–133, 159
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