խանդ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian խանդ (xand); see there for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

խանդ (xand)

  1. jealousy
  2. enthusiasm; eagerness; fervency

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- and cognate with Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, charcoal), Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, shining), Latin candeo. Related to խանձեմ (xanjem). See also շանթ (šantʻ).

Noun[edit]

խանդ (xand)

  1. strong emotion (with love, mercy, envy or other passions)
    խանդ առնելxand aṙnelto despise, to reproach, to contemn

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խանդ (xand)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 326