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գերանդի

գերանդի

Armenian

Noun

գերանդի (gerandi)

  1. scythe

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan the basic meaning is “log/stick-sickle”, that is “mowing implement with wooden handle”, composed of գերան (geran, log, beam) and the direct or the Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-European *deh₁- (to share, divide).

Noun

գերանդի (gerandi)

  1. scythe
  2. sickle

Declension

Derived terms

  • գերանդաբեր (gerandaber)
  • գերանդազէն (gerandazēn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գերանդի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գերանդի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գերանդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 208