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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian *bāhuβand, from Old Persian *bādubandah (arm-band), from *bāduš, *bādukah (arm) + *bandah (binding, band), from Proto-Iranian *bándah. For the first part compare բազուկ (bazuk) and for the second بند (band) and -աւանդ (-awand).

Noun edit

բահուանդ (bahuand)

  1. bracelet worn above the elbow

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References edit

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