ունդ

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See also: -ունդ

Armenian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ունդ (und)

  1. Alternative form of հունդ (hund)

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Old Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. Possibly from a Semitic *ḥunṭ- (edible grain), a form cognate to Arabic حِنْطَة (ḥinṭa, wheat) and what is mentioned there of Semitic reflexes. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ondʰ-os- and related to անդ (and).

Noun[edit]

ունդ (und)

  1. edible seed, grain; pulse, legume
  2. (figuratively) progeny, descendants

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ունդ (und), հունդ (hund)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ունդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “and”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 72
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ունդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy