արագիլ

From Old Armenian արագիլ (aragil).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑɾɑˈɡil]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑɾɑˈkʰil]

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• Hyphenation: ա‧րա‧գիլ

արագիլ • (aragil)

1. stork (bird of the family Ciconiidae)

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Sumerian 𒀀𒊏𒀝𒄃𒄷 (a-ra-ak-gilim^mušen /arikgilim, arakgilim/, “a kind of long-legged bird”, literally “stork cross (holding leg in cross posture)”),[1][2][3] from 𒀀𒊏𒀝𒄷 (a-ra-ak^mušen /arak/, “stork”) and 𒄃 (gilim, “barrier, bolt; to lie across; to be entwined; to entwine, twist; to block”). Note also Classical Syriac ܗܪܓܠܐ‎ (/hrglʾ/, “stork”),[4][5] Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܗܪܓܠܐ‎ (hargālā, “stork”);[6] Bengali হাড়গিলা (haṛgila), Hindi हड़गिल्ला (haṛgillā, “argala, greater adjutant”). In view of the Indian words, it is interesting that Middle Armenian րաքիլ (rakʿil) refers to a bird from India.[7]

արագիլ • (aragil)

1. stork (bird of the family Ciconiidae) or heron (bird of the family Ardeidae)

   Synonym: տառեղն (taṙełn)

   • 5th century, Bible, Leviticus 11.19:[8]

     […] եւ արագիլ (var. խարագուլ) եւ քարարդ, եւ որ ինչ նման իցէ նոցա, եւ յոպոպ, եւ չիղջ […]

     […] ew aragil (var. xaragul) ew kʿarard, ew or inčʿ nman icʿē nocʿa, ew yopop, ew čʿiłǰ […]

     • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation

       […] and the heron, and the lapwing, and the like to it, and the hoopoe and the bat […]

   • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 14.15:

     եւ զջայլամն եւ զբու եւ զճայ եւ զարագիլ։

     ew zǰaylamn ew zbu ew zčay ew zaragil.

     • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation

       and the sparrow, and the owl, and the seamew, and the heron

   • 5th century, Bible, Psalms 103.17:

     Անդ թռչունք երկնից ձագս հանցեն, եւ բոյն արագլի ապաւէն է նոցա։

     And tʿṙčʿunkʿ erknicʿ jags hancʿen, ew boyn aragli apawēn ē nocʿa.

     • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation

       There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them.

   • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Yałags tasn banicʿn [De Specialibus Legibus III, De Decalogo] :

     Արագլաց որ ծերունիքն են, անդէն կան մնան ի բոյնս, ոչ կարացեալք թռչել․

     Araglacʿ or cerunikʿn en, andēn kan mnan i boyns, očʿ karacʿealkʿ tʿṙčʿel;

In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós). Elsewhere, corresponds to πελαργός (pelargós). See the usage note in տառեղն (taṙełn).

• Armenian: արագիլ (aragil)
• Middle Armenian: արաքիլ (arakʿil), րաքիլ (rakʿil)

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “արագիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 337c
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “արագիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 292–293, connecting with πελαργός (pelargós)
• Fournet, Arnaud (2013), “About the Vocalic System of Armenian Words of Substratic Origin”, in Archív Orientalni‎, volume 81, issue 2, page 4 of 207–222
• Greppin, John A. C. (1983), “An Etymological Dictionary of the Indo-European Components of Armenian”, in Bazmavep‎, volume 141, issue 1–4, Venice, page 307
• Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “արագիլ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 200a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 311
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “արագիլ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 83b
• Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 225, page 19, connecting with πελαργός (pelargós)
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2008) Studies in Armenian etymology : with special emphasis on dialects and culture Indo-European heritage (Doctoral thesis)‎, Leiden University, pages 125–127
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 938
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արագիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 69b
• Witczak, K. T. (1999), “Studies in Armenian etymology (1-30)”, in Studia etymologica Cracoviensia‎, issue 4, page 182