պերեդիքսոն

Old Armenian

Etymology

Attested only in the Physiologus, transliterating Ancient Greek περιδέξιον (peridéxion)

Noun

պերեդիքսոն (peredikʿson)

  1. peridexion (legendary tree)
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).30.1–2:[1][2]
      Է ծառ, որ կոչի պերեդիքսոն (var. պերիդիքսիոն, պերիքոն, պետրիքոն), որ թարգմանի կշտապանակ։ Եւ է ի Հնդիկս․ եւ պտուղ ծառոյն քաղցր է, քան զամենայն քաղցրութիւն։
      Ē caṙ, or kočʿi peredikʿson (var. peridikʿsion, perikʿon, petrikʿon), or tʿargmani kštapanak. Ew ē i Hndiks; ew ptuł caṙoyn kʿałcʿr ē, kʿan zamenayn kʿałcʿrutʿiwn.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There is a tree called peridexion which is translated "side-cover." And it is in India; and the fruit of the tree is sweeter than any sweetness.

Alternative forms

  • պերիդիքսիոն (peridikʿsion), պերիքոն (perikʿon), պետրիքոն (petrikʿon) variant readings

Descendants

  • Old Georgian: პირიდექსიონ (ṗirideksion), პირდექსიონ (ṗirdeksion)

Further reading

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 37
  2. 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 133, 159
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