Մանդակունի

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Մանդակունի (Mandakuni).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Մանդակունի • (Mandakuni)

  1. (historical) Mandakuni (member of an Armenian noble family)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From *Մանդակ (*Mandak) + -ունի (-uni). According to tradition, from the name of the legendary founder of the family Միանդակ (Miandak), of unknown origin.[1] According to Voskanian, from the plant name մանդակ (mandak).[2]

Proper noun

Մանդակունի • (Mandakuni)

  1. Mandakuni (member of an Armenian noble family)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Մանդակունի (Mandakuni)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “Միանդակ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 330
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    Oskanyan, Vardan (1997) “Buyseri ew kendanineri anvanumnerə iranakan cʻeġanunnerum [Plant and Animal Names in Iranian Ethnonyms]”, in G. Asatryan, editor, Iran-namē : Arewelagitakan handēs [Iran-nameh : Armenian Journal of Oriental Studies] (in Armenian), numbers 26–27–28, Yerevan, page 25

Further reading

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Մանդակունի”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN
  • Ter-Ġewondyan, A. (1981) “Մանդակունիներ”, in Hambarjumyan V. H. et al., editors, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia] (in Armenian), volume 7, Yerevan: Haykakan sovetakan hanragitarani glxavor xmbagrutʻyun, page 217
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