ջայլամն

Alternative forms

• ջայլեամն (ǰayleamn)

Etymology

According to Ačaṙean, a Semitic borrowing. Compare Arabic ظَلِيم‎ (ẓalīm, “male ostrich”), plural ظلمان‎ (ẓilmān, ẓulmān).

Noun

ջայլամն • (ǰaylamn)

1. ostrich
   • 5th century, Bible, Lamentations 4.3

     Մերկացուցին իբրեւ վիշապք զստինս իւրեանց, եւ դիեցուցին զկորիւնս իւրեանց․ եղեն ուստերք ժողովրդեան իմոյ ՚ի տանջանս հարուածոց, զի չի́ք ն(ո)ց(ա) բժշկութի(ւն)․ եւ տառապեցան իբրեւ ջայլամունք յանապատի։

     Merkacʿucʿin ibrew višapkʿ zstins iwreancʿ, ew diecʿucʿin zkoriwns iwreancʿ; ełen usterkʿ žołovrdean imoy ’i tanǰans haruacocʿ, zi čʿíkʿ n(o)cʿ(a) bžškutʿi(wn); ew taṙapecʿan ibrew ǰaylamunkʿ yanapati.

     Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “ջայլամն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 121b
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “ջայլամն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 670a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 488
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ջայլամն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 650a
• 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 939
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ջայլամն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 620b