պիրոլ

Armenian

Etymology

From German Pirol. Probably coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna.

Pronunciation

Noun

պիրոլ • (pirol)

  1. oriole, especially the golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
    • 1897, Gabriēl Mēnēvišean, Patkerazard bnakan patmutʻiwn, A. Kendanabanutʻiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] :[1]
      Ուրիշ մէկ տեսակն է դեղին Պիրոլը (Oriolus galbula). զօրաւոր ձայնով յաղթանդամ երգեցիկ թռչուն մըն է։
      Uriš mēk tesakn ē deġin Pirolə (Oriolus galbula). zōrawor jaynov yaġtʻandam ergecʻik tʻṙčʻun mən ē.
      Another species is the yellow oriole (Oriolus galbula). It is a singing bird with a powerful voice.

Usage notes

Even though Oriolus oriolus can be encountered in Armenia,[2][3] no vernacular name has been recorded.

Declension

References

  1. Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʻiwn, A. Kendanabanutʻiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 116
  2. Greppin, John A. C. (1978) Classical and Middle Armenian bird names: A linguistic, taxonomic, and mythological study, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 186
  3. Greppin, Mary E. H. (1985) “The birds of the Hrazdan gorge in Yerevan”, in Journal of Armenian Studies, volume II, number 1, page 67 of 63–69
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