գերանդի

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian գերանդի (gerandi).

Pronunciation

Noun

գերանդի • (gerandi)

  1. scythe

Declension

Derived terms

  • գերանդավոր (gerandavor)
  • գերանդվաքաղ (gerandvakʻaġ)
  • գերանդկոթ (gerandkotʻ)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գերանդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 540b

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1]

Pictet compared to Sanskrit करण्ड (karaṇḍa, sword),[2] whose origin is uncertain.[3]

Often supposed to contain գերան (geran, log, beam).[4][5][6][7]

Noun

գերանդի • (gerandi)

  1. scythe
  2. sickle

Declension

Derived terms

  • գերանդաբեր (gerandaber)
  • գերանդազէն (gerandazēn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գերանդի (gerandi)
    • Azerbaijani: kərənti
    • → Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: kêrendî, kêlendî, kêlendû
      Central Kurdish: کەرەنتوو (kerentû)
    • Laz: ქერენდი (kerendi)
    • Turkish: kerindi, gerenti, kerendi, kerimti, kerinti, kerenti, kirinti, kerantı
    • Zazaki: kelendî

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գերանդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 540b
  2. Pictet, Adolphe (1863) Les origines indo-européennes, ou Les Aryas primitifs: essai de paléontologie linguistique, volume II, Paris: J. Cherbuliez, page 220
  3. Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 61
  4. Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գերանդի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 545b
  5. Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, page 290 of 240–291
  6. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 208–209
  7. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գերանդի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 157a

Further reading

  • Асатрян, Г. (1987) “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 164
  • Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 76
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 35
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 439
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գերանդի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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