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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բանտ (bant).

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բանտ (bant)

  1. prison, jail

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Etymology edit

The original spelling is բանդ (band), from Middle Iranian *band (bonds; prison). Compare Persian بند (band, tie, chain, shackle) and Central Kurdish بەندیخانە (bendîxane, prison). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

Noun edit

բանտ (bant)

  1. prison, jail
    Synonym: զնդան (zndan)
    դնել ի բանտի, արկանել ի բանտdnel i banti, arkanel i bantto imprison
    խուսել ի բանտէxusel i bantēto make one's escape from prison, to escape
    հանգել ի բանտhangel i bantto let out of prison
    ելանել ի բանտէelanel i bantēto go out of prison

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  • Armenian: բանտ (bant)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բանտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բանտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press