Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աղանդեր (ałander).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

աղանդեր (aġander)

  1. (formal) dessert

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown.

Noun edit

աղանդեր (ałander)

  1. dessert
    • 5th century, Pʿawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʿiwnʿ [History of the Armenians] V.7:[1]
      Եւ ի ժամ աղանդեր մատուցանելոյ՝ եդին առաջի նորա միրգ, խնձոր եւ վարունգ եւ ամիճ, զի կերիցէ․
      Ew i žam ałander matucʿaneloy, edin aṙaǰi nora mirg, xnjor ew varung ew amič, zi kericʿē;
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        And at the time for the presentation of dessert, they placed fruit before [Aršak]—apples and cucumbers and amič, that he might eat.

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: աղանդեր (aġander)

References edit

  1. ^ Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)[1], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 199

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղանդեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “աղանդեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy