Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բարդ (bard).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

բարդ (bard) (superlative ամենաբարդ)

  1. complicated, complex, difficult
    Synonym: դժվար (džvar)
    Antonyms: պարզ (parz), հասարակ (hasarak)
    բարդ հարցbard harcʿtough issue
  2. (grammar) compound, composite
    բարդ բառbard baṙcompound word

Declension edit

Noun edit

բարդ (bard)

  1. heap of corn or grass

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥-ti-.

Noun edit

բարդ (bard)

  1. heap of corn or grass

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Synonyms edit

Adjective edit

բարդ (bard)

  1. heaped up, piled, bound up
  2. (grammar) compound, composite
    բարդ անուն, բառbard anun, baṙcompound word
  3. (botany) polypetalous

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բարդ (bard)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “բարդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “bard”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 169
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017) “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 426
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “բարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy