Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պանդուխտ (panduxt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պանդուխտ (panduxt)

  1. person living away from their homeland, foreigner, stranger, emigrant, alien, pilgrim, exile

Declension edit

References edit

  • պանդուխտ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From the Iranian compound *panta-duxta- (literally put out, set forth on the road, on the way (for the purpose of driving out of the community)),[1] whose constituents go back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (path) and a participle formation from an unattested descendant of Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (to pull, to draw; to lead).

Noun edit

պանդուխտ (panduxt)

  1. person living away from their homeland, foreigner, stranger, emigrant, alien, pilgrim, exile

Usage notes edit

See the usage note in նժդեհ (nždeh).

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պանդուխտ (panduxt) (learned)

References edit

  1. ^ Périkhanian, Anahit G. (1969) “Sur arm. panduxt”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 6, pages 1–14

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պանդուխտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 20–21
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պանդուխտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պանդուխտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 620
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 901
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պանդուխտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy