գերդաստան

Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian գերդաստան (gerdastan); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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գերդաստան (gerdastan)

  1. family; kin, clan

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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According to Ačaryan, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (to enclose with a fence) +‎ -աստան (-astan). According to others, borrowed from the Iranian descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European root. The latter is likely given the suffix.

Noun

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գերդաստան (gerdastan)

  1. body of servants and captives
  2. possessions
  3. estate, landed property

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գերդաստան (gerdastan)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գերդաստան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գերդաստան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գերդաստան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 209