օձ

 

From Old Armenian օձ (ōj).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ot͡sʰ/, [ot͡sʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ot͡s/, [ot͡sʰ]

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օձ • (ōj)

1. snake, serpent

 

• աւձ (awj)

The original spelling is աւձ (awj), from Proto-Armenian *awǵʰi, from *anʷgi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).

օձ • (ōj)

1. snake, serpent
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).6.17:^[1]

     Այլ գոյ ինչ եւ յաւձին բարի, զի իմաստուն է․ եւ յառեւծն, զի հզաւր է․ եւ յոչխարն, զի հանդարտ է։

     Ayl goy inčʻ ew yawjin bari, zi imastun ē; ew yaṙewcn, zi hzawr ē; ew yočʻxarn, zi handart ē.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       But there is something good in the serpent, for it is wise, and in the lion too, for it is mighty, and in the sheep, for it is gentle.

• In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis).

• Armenian: օձ (ōj)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awj”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 153
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy