միայնայր

Old Armenian

Etymology

From միայն (miayn) +‎ այր (ayr). Only in the Physiologus, translating Ancient Greek μόνανδρος (mónandros). The reading միայնայր (miaynayr) is a conjecture by Marr, supported by ერთ ხოლო მამალი არნ (ert xolo mamali arn) in the Old Georgian version.[1]

Adjective

միայնայր • (miaynayr)

  1. (hapax) monandrous
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).31.2–3:[2][3]
      Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զագռաւէ, եթէ միայնայր (var. ի միաւորութենէ) է։ Եւ թէ մեռանի վարուժանն, էգն յայլ վարուժան չհպի։
      Baroyaxawsn asē zagṙawē, etʿē miaynayr (var. i miaworutʿenē) ē. Ew tʿē meṙani varužann, ēgn yayl varužan čʿhpi.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        Physiologus says about the crow that it is monogamous, and if the male dies, the female does not touch other male.

References
  1. 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 125
  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 39
  3. 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 135, 160
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