ardian

See also: Ardian and ardían

English

Etymology

A compounding of the Scottish Gaelic àrd (“chief”) + eun (“bird”).

Noun

ardian (plural ardians)

1. (military, historical) A proposed but unadopted air-officer rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to air vice-marshal.
   • 1936, The Periodical, XXI-XXII, page 67:

     A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Ardian” comes from the Gaelic “Ard” meaning “chief”, and “Ian” or “Eun”, a “bird”.

Derived terms

• flight ardian
• fourth-ardian
• second-ardian
• squadron ardian
• third-ardian
• wing ardian

Anagrams

• Adrian, Adrina, Darian, radian

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀρδιαῖοι (Ardiaîoi) ~ Latin Ardiaei.

Noun

ardian m (plural ardianë)

1. (historical, in the plural) Ardiaei

Adjective

ardian (feminine ardiane)

1. (historical) Ardiaean

Derived terms

• Ardian
• Ardiana
• Ardiane

 

References

• “ardián,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 45b
• “ardián,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 45b