See also: sard and Sard

Armenian edit

 
Սարդ

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սարդ (sard).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սարդ (sard)

  1. spider

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: ზარდლი (zardli)
  • Turkish: sart, sayıt

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սարդ”, 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 186b

Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥-ti-, from *ḱer-.

Noun edit

սարդ (sard)

  1. spider
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սարդ”, 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) “սարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2 edit

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from a source related to the etymon of սարոյ (saroy, cypress).[1] Compare also Arabic سِدْر (sidr, the name of various trees), Persian سدر (sadar, lote-tree), Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, cedar).

Noun edit

սարդ (sard)

  1. cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani[2]
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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 937, footnote 9
  2. ^ Artʻinean, Yovhannēs (1913) Astuacašunčʻi tunkerə usumnasiruac mer naxneacʻ tʻargmanutʻean vray [Les plantes de la Bible d’après la version Arménienne du Ve siècle par le docteur Johannès Artignan]‎[1] (in Armenian), Constantinople: K. ew M.Y. Kʻēšišean, pages 144–1533

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սարդ”, 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) “սարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 3 edit

The origin is uncertain.

Noun edit

սարդ (sard)

  1. a many-coloured bird, perhaps the starling

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սարդ”, 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) “սարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy