շարաւանդ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• շարաւանդն (šarawandn)

Etymology

Borrowed from an unidentified Iranian compound, the second part of which is *bandah (“tie”), on which see բանտ (bant). The first part is uncertain. Perikhanian explains it with Middle Median *šar(a)-, an unattested cognate of the first part of Persian شلوار (šal-vâr, “trousers”) and of Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”). Possibly related Old Armenian աշխարաւանդ (ašxarawand), Old Georgian შარავანდი (šaravandi, “royal crown”).

Noun

շարաւանդ • (šarawand)

1. bonds, bands, fetters (for legs)

Related terms

• բանտ (bant)
• -աւանդ (-awand)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շարաւանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շարաւանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “շարաւանդ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 575
• Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 59
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շարաւանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy