շարաւանդ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- շարաւանդն (šarawandn)
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle Median *šar(a)-, compare Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”), from Proto-Iranian *bandah (“a tie”), from *bandeti (“to tie”). See Persian بند (band, “tie”) for more.
Noun
շարաւանդ • (šarawand)
Related terms
- բանտ (bant)
Descendants
- Georgian: შარავანდი (šaravandi)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շարաւանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- 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
- 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
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1][1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 59