պատուանդան

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Certainly an Iranian borrowing, but the details are unclear.

Ačaṙyan remarks that Middle Persian [script needed] (ptwnd /⁠patvand, paywand⁠/, connection, relationship) fits in form but not meaning. J̌ahukyan is more positive, adducing also Persian پابند (pâband, fetter), پای‌بست (pây-bast, foundation). Compare also Pazend Middle Persian 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬀𐬧𐬛 (paēvaṇd), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫛𐫏𐫇𐫗 (pywn /⁠paywann, paywenn⁠/, connection, tie), Khotanese [script needed] (pabana-, continuum, connexion). All of these ultimately go back to Proto-Iranian *pati- (against, toward) + *band- (to bind).

Noun edit

պատուանդան (patuandan)

  1. footrest, footstool
    • 5th century, Bible, Psalm 99.5:
      Բարձր արարէք զՏէր Աստուած մեր, երկիր պագէք պատուանդանի ոտից նորա, զի սուրբ է։
      Barjr ararēkʻ zTēr Astuac mer, erkir pagēkʻ patuandani oticʻ nora, zi surb ē.
      Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.
    • 5th century, Eznik Kołbacʿi, Ełc ałandocʿ [Refutation of the Sects] :
      Եւ որ այնպէսն կարող է, ընդէ՞ր խափանիցէ զանձն՝ լինել պատուանդան ընդ ոտիւք այլոյ []
      Ew or aynpēsn karoł ē, əndē?r xapʻanicʻē zanjn, linel patuandan ənd otiwkʻ ayloy []

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պատվանդան (patvandan)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատուանդան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 48b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պատուանդան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) “pabana-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 212
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պատուանդան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 627
  • Leroy, Maurice (1983) “Emprunts iraniens dans la composition nominale en arménien classique”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes[1] (in French), volume 17, page 65
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “paywand”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 67
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “patvand”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 159ab
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատուանդան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy