պինդ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian պինդ (pind).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

պինդ (pind) (superlative ամենապինդ)

  1. durable, strong, solid

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pre-Armenian *bendʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (to bind; bond).[1][2][3][4] Martirosyan explains the change of the initial consonant by the operation of Grassmann's law, although he admits that we have no further secure examples of this law in Armenian.[5]

On the other hand, պինդ (pind) has been derived from Iranian.[6] Compare Khotanese piṇḍaa- (lump), Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa, lump, ball (of food)). This is considered less probable by Martirosyan.[5]

Adjective[edit]

պինդ (pind)

  1. firm, dense, tight, strong, fastened
    պնդովpndovstrongly, steadily

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

պինդ (pind)

  1. strongly, steadily
    պինդ կալpind kalto hold fast, to preserve, to persist
    պինդ ունելpind unelto hold firmly to, to retain

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: պինդ (pind)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պինդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 82–83
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանտ”, 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 410a
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 115
  4. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պինդ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 637ab
  5. 5.0 5.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “pind”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 552
  6. ^ Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎[2], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 33

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պինդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պինդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy