Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian գինդ (gind).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գինդ (gind)

  1. earring
  2. type of bead or round ornament attached to a dress

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-eh₂-, from *wendʰ-.

Noun edit

գինդ (gind)

  1. earring
  2. necklace, collar

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գինդ (gind)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “գինդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գինդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “գինդ”, 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, pages 213—214