սանդարամետ

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

սանդարամետ (sandaramet)

  1. infernal region, hell

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սանդարամետ (sandaramet)

Further reading edit

  • 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