Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian որդի (ordi).

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Noun edit

որդի (ordi)

  1. son
    Synonyms: տղա (tġa), ուստր (ustr)
    Վարուժանը հպարտանում է իր որդով։Varužanə hpartanum ē ir ordov.Varuzhan is proud of his son.
  2. (rare) offspring of any gender, child
    Synonyms: երեխա (erexa), զավակ (zavak)
  3. heir

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *portiyo-, from the root *per-, *por- (to give birth) whence also Latin pario (bring forth, give birth) and Old Armenian որթ (ortʻ, calf). Among cognates compare in particular Sanskrit पृथुक (pṛthuka, boy; the young of any animal), Ancient Greek πόρτις (pórtis, bull-calf; boy) and Latin partus (birth; offspring).

Noun edit

որդի (ordi)

  1. child, usually male child, son
    Որդի ԱստուծոյOrdi AstucoySon of God, Only Son
    որդիք լուսոյordikʻ lusoythe children of light
    որդիք խաւարիordikʻ xawarithe children of darkness
    հոգւոյ որդիhogwoy ordiadopted child
    որդիք բրտիցordikʻ brticʻpotters
    որդիք որդւոցordikʻ ordwocʻnephews
    որդի ի հօրէordi i hōrēfrom father to son, successively
    ըստ հօրն եւ որդինəst hōrn ew ordinlike begets or produces like

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: որդի (ordi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “որդի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որդի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “որդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press