ձուածեղ

Middle Armenian

FWOTD – 10 March 2025

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original form cannot be reconstructed with certainty. The first part is ձու (ju, “egg”), the ending is probably եղ (eġ, “oil”). For the middle part various explanations have been offered — it could be from ածեմ (acem) or from the participial ending -ած (-ac). If the original form is ձուաձեղ (juajeġ), the middle -ձ- (-j-) could have been inserted due to a perseveration. Alternatively, if the original form is ձուազեղ (juazeġ), it can be interpreted as ձու (ju, “egg”) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ զեղուլ (zeġul, “to pour out, to spill”).

Noun

ձուածեղ • (juaceġ)

  1. omelette
    • 13–14th centuries, Kirakos Episkopos, Govkʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ [Praise of Birds] 29–32:[1]
      Ագռաւն խեռ էր ու յարար,
      Զաւրըն բարի խապար կու տայր.
      — Տիկին, յարի ձուածեղ եփէ (var. ձուազեղէ),
      Քեզի բարի հիւր մի կու գայր։
      Agṙawn xeṙ ēr u yarar,
      Zawrən bari xapar ku tayr.
      — Tikin, yari juaceġ epʻē (var. juazeġē),
      Kʻezi bari hiwr mi ku gayr.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձվածեղ (jvaceġ)

References

  1. ^ Mnacʻakanyan, A. Š. (1980) ““Govankʻ Tʻṙčʻnocʻ” taġašarkʻə, nra heġinakə ew žamanakə [The poetic cycle "Praise of Birds", its author and time of creation]”, in Banber Matenadarani [Herald of the Matenadaran]‎[1] (in Armenian), volume 13, Yerevan, page 245 of 232–258

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 159b
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ձուածեղ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 450a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ձուվաձեղ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 450b
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ձուազեղ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 457
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