աղանդեր

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աղանդեր (ałander).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աղանդեր (aġander)

  1. (formal) dessert

Declension

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Synonyms

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown.

Noun

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աղանդեր (ałander)

  1. dessert
    • 5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] V.7:[1]
      Եւ ի ժամ աղանդեր մատուցանելոյ՝ եդին առաջի նորա միրգ, խնձոր եւ վարունգ եւ ամիճ, զի կերիցէ․
      Ew i žam ałander matucʻaneloy, edin aṙaǰi nora mirg, xnjor ew varung ew amič, zi kericʻē;
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        And at the time for the presentation of dessert, they placed fruit before [Aršak]—apples and cucumbers and amič, that he might eat.

Descendants

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  • Armenian: աղանդեր (aġander)

References

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  1. ^ Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)[1], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 199

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղանդեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղանդեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy