ասիդ

Etymology
Entered through the Bible translation. which the Armenian translator encountered in Job 39.13, itself a transliteration of.

The ghost form is found only in Soukry's 1881 publication of the long version of , and in some later editions relying on it. The only known manuscript of the long version, on which Soukry's publication is based, has. It has been assumed that is Soukry's emendation of the manuscript. However, such an emendation would be completely unmotivated, is not commented upon by Soukry and in the French section is translated as by him. More likely we are dealing with a simple misprint of. Yakobean's latest critical edition has the correct form.

Noun

 * 1) stork

Usage notes

 * Medieval Armenian interpreters were uncertain about the species of the animal.