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Etymology edit

From Iranian *pādabanda- (a tie for feet), from *pāda- (foot) + *banda- (a tie), from *band- (to tie). Compare Sanskrit पादबन्ध (pāda-bandha, a tie or fetter for the feet). See Persian پا (, foot) and بند (band, tie) for the constituents.

Noun edit

պարաւանդ (parawand)

  1. bonds, iron, fetters

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պարավանդ (paravand)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պարաւանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պարաւանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պարաւանդ”, 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 59