Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian վանդակ (vandak); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

վանդակ (vandak)

  1. cage
  2. lattice, grate
  3. cell (of a table)
  4. checkbox

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian *vandak, from Iranian *vand- (to braid), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (to turn, wind, braid), whence also գինդ (gind). Not surviving in attested Iranian languages.

Noun edit

վանդակ (vandak)

  1. network made from threads, twigs, ropes, osier, metal etc.
    1. cage
    2. grate, gridiron; grating
    3. window-blinds
    4. lattice, trellis
    5. baluster, balustrade, railing
  2. balcony, terrace, belvedere
  3. basket

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վանդակ (vandak)

References edit

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