շարաւանդ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- շարաւանդն (šarawandn)
Etymology
Borrowed from an unidentified Iranian compound, the second part of which is *bandah (“tie”), on which see բանտ (bant). The first part is uncertain. Perikhanian explains it with Middle Median *šar(a)-, an unattested cognate of the first part of Persian شلوار (šal-vâr, “trousers”) and of Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”). Possibly related Old Armenian աշխարաւանդ (ašxarawand), Old Georgian შარავანდი (šaravandi, “royal crown”).
Noun
շարաւանդ • (šarawand)
- bonds, bands, fetters (for legs)
Related terms
- բանտ (bant)
- -աւանդ (-awand)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “շարաւանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “շարաւանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “շարաւանդ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 575
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 59
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “շարաւանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy