արդն

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

De Lagarde connects with Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, point of an arrow).[1] This not accepted by Hübschmann (who also adds the comparison with Old Irish aird (point, direction)) and Ačaṙyan because *արտ (*art) would have been expected for Armenian.[2][3]

Pokorny and J̌ahukyan (with reservation) derive from Proto-Indo-European *ardʰ- (pole, rod), with Lithuanian ar̃das (pole scaffold for drying flax), ar̃damas (pole which crosses the sail diagonally) as cognates, an idea going back to Petersson.[4][5][6]

Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open.[3]

Ałayan derives with prothetic ա- (a-) from the zero-grade of the Proto-Indo-European *reh₁t- (pole, beam, trunk; beam structure).[7]

Noun

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արդն (ardn)

  1. a kind of spear, probably dart, javelin

Usage notes

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In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis), δόρυ (dóru) and λόγχη (lónkhē).

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 167
  2. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1883) Armenische Studien. 1/1. Grundzüge der armenischen Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 11
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արդն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 309–310
  4. ^ Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, page 245 of 240–291
  5. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “rēt-, rōt-, rət-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 866
  6. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “արդն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 88b
  7. ^ Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 31–34

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արդն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արդն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy