See also: -ունդ

Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ունդ (und)

  1. Alternative form of հունդ (hund)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Possibly from a Semitic *ḥunṭ- (edible grain), a form cognate to Arabic حِنْطَة (ḥinṭa, wheat) and what is mentioned there of Semitic reflexes. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ondʰ-os- and related to անդ (and).

Noun edit

ունդ (und)

  1. edible seed, grain; pulse, legume
  2. (figuratively) progeny, descendants

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ունդ (und), հունդ (hund)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ունդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “and”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 72
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ունդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy