ვაჰანაკრაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian վահանակրեայ (vahanakreay).

Noun

ვაჰანაკრაჲ • (vahanaḳray)

  1. aspidochelone
    • c. 970 CE, Physiologus Chapter XX:[1][2]
      არს მჴეცი ზღუასა შინა, რომელი იწოდების ვაჰანაკრაჲ — კუვი ზღჳსაჲ.
      ars mqeci zɣuasa šina, romeli ic̣odebis vahanaḳray — ḳuvi zɣwisay.
      There is a beast in the sea, who's called aspidochelone, a sea turtle.

References
  1. Gigineišvili Bakar and Giunašvili Elguǯa, editors (1979), Šaṭberdis ḳrebuli X sauḳunisa [The Shatberdi Codex of X Century] (Ʒveli kartuli mc̣erlobis ʒeglebi; 1)‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 184
  2. Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 26

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვაჰანაკრაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 155
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