Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian եռանդն (eṙandn); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

եռանդ (eṙand)

  1. zeal, ardor, vigor
    եռանդ կտրելeṙand ktrelto invigorate

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan tentatively suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *pers-n̥t-i-, from *per- (through, forward).

Noun edit

եռանդ (eṙand)

  1. the day before yesterday

Declension edit

Adverb edit

եռանդ (eṙand)

  1. the day before yesterday

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եռանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եռանդ”, 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 256