սանդարամետ

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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A Southwestern Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (spndrmt' /⁠Spandarmad⁠/, Holy Thought, the fourth Amahraspand, earth goddess), Persian اسفند (esfand), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 𐬁𐬭𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (spəṇta ārmaiti, Spenta Armaiti). Doublet of սպանդարամետ (spandaramet).

Noun

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սանդարամետ (sandaramet)

  1. infernal region, hell

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սանդարամետ (sandaramet)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սանդարամետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սանդարամետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 906
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սանդարամետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy