դանդանաւանդ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • դանդանաւան (dandanawan)

Etymology

From an Iranian compound, whose constituents are cognate with Persian دندان (dandân, tooth) and بند (band, tie). Old Georgian დანდალი (dandali) is related.

Noun

դանդանաւանդ • (dandanawand)

  1. bit (piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal)
    Synonym: սանձ (sanj)
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 40.26:[1]
      Եթէ կապիցե՞ս անուր ի քիթս նորա․ անցուցանիցե՞ս դանդանաւանդ [translating ψέλιον (psélion)] ընդ կզակս նորա։
      Etʻē kapicʻe?s anur i kʻitʻs nora; ancʻucʻanicʻe?s dandanawand [translating ψέλιον (psélion)] ənd kzaks nora.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        Will you attach a ring in its snout? Will you pass a bit through its chin?

Declension

Derived terms

  • դանդանաւանդակապ (dandanawandakap)

Descendants

  • Armenian: դանդանավանդ (dandanavand) (learned)

References

  1. Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 260

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դանդանաւանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դանդանաւանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դանդանաւանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 59
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