Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Probably an Iranian borrowing: compare Persian کند (kond, fetter, clog; stocks), کنده (konda, log; stocks).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կոնդ (kond) (dialectal)

  1. log (trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)

Declension edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կոնդ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 591b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 659a
  • Asatrian, Garnik, Arakelova, Victoria (2001) “Blunt, Bald and Wise: Iranian kund(-)”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 5, pages 201–206
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “կոնդ II”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 467b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), “կոնդ II”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 145a