Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian խանդ (xand); see there for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

խանդ (xand)

  1. jealousy
  2. enthusiasm; eagerness; fervency

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- and cognate with Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, charcoal), Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, shining), Latin candeo. Related to խանձեմ (xanjem). See also շանթ (šantʿ).

Noun edit

խանդ (xand)

  1. strong emotion (with love, mercy, envy or other passions)
    խանդ առնելxand aṙnelto despise, to reproach, to contemn

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խանդ (xand)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “խանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “խանդ”, 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 326