ոզնի

Armenian

Ոզնի

Alternative forms

  • կոզնի (kozni) dialectal

Etymology

From Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni).

Pronunciation

Noun

ոզնի (ozni)

  1. hedgehog

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • կոզնի (kozni), ոզնիկ (oznik)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (hedgehog).

Noun

ոզնի (ozni)

  1. hedgehog
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).17.1–2:[1]
      Է զեռուն ինչ որ կոչի ոզնի՝ գնդաձեւ կերպարանաւք, եւ ողն նորա վառեալ է ամենայն փշովք։ Եւ փուշն նմանէ ծովային ոզնոցն։
      Ē zeṙun inčʿ or kočʿi ozni, gndajew kerparanawkʿ, ew ołn nora vaṙeal ē amenayn pʿšovkʿ. Ew pʿušn nmanē covayin oznocʿn.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There is a creeping animal called hedgehog, with a spherical shape, and its back is thoroughly armed with quills. And its quills look like those of the sea-urchin.

Usage notes

  • In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos).

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ոզնի (ozni), կոզնի (kozni)

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 114–115, 151

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ոզնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ոզնի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1899), “Hübschmann H.: Armenische Grammatik. I. Theil. Armenische Etymologie. II. Abteilung. Die syrischen und griechischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen und die echtarmenischen Wörter”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen (in German), volume 10, page 46 of 41–50
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ոզնի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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