Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հնազանդ (hnazand).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

հնազանդ (hnazand) (superlative ամենահնազանդ)

  1. obedient

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from an Iranian word of the form *hu-nazand. For the constituents compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu- and Persian نژند (nežand, nažand, timid, weak, infirm; sad, cast down), Sogdian [script needed] (nznt /⁠nizand⁠/, humble).[1]

Adjective edit

հնազանդ (hnazand)

  1. obedient, submissive
    Synonyms: հլու (hlu), հպատակ (hpatak)
    հնազանդ առնելhnazand aṙnelto cause to obey, to make oneself obeyed
    հնազանդ լինելhnazand linelto obey, to yield, to be obedient, docile
    հնազանդ առնել ընդ իւրեւhnazand aṙnel ənd iwrewto compel obedience, to reduce or bring to obedience

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հնազանդ (hnazand)

References edit

  1. ^ Benveniste, Émile (1945) “Études iraniennes”, in Transactions of the Philological Society (in French), volume 44, number 1, →DOI, page 73

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “հնազանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 104a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հնազանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “հնազանդ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 303
  • Thomson, Robert W. (1989) An Introduction to Classical Armenian, 2nd edition, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 218
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հնազանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy