գերդաստան

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գերդաստան (gerdastan)

  1. family; kin, clan

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

գերդաստան (gerdastan)

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գերդաստան (gerdastan)

References edit

  • 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