կարաւանդք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *karan- (“side”) + *banda- (“a tie”), from *band- (“to tie”), +‎ -ք (-kʻ). Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥 (karan, “side”) and Persian بند (band, “tie”).

Noun

կարաւանդք • (karawandkʻ) pl

1. a wide band covering the abdomen and the sides

Related terms

• բանտ (bant)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարաւանդք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարաւանդք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կարաւանդք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 58