եռանդ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian եռանդն (eṙandn); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

եռանդ • (eṙand)

  1. zeal, ardor, vigor
    եռանդ կտրելeṙand ktrelto invigorate

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan tentatively suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *pers-n̥t-i-, from *per- (through, forward).

Noun

եռանդ • (eṙand)

  1. the day before yesterday

Declension

Adverb

եռանդ • (eṙand)

  1. the day before yesterday

Derived terms

  • եռանդեան (eṙandean)
  • յեռանդ (yeṙand)
  • յեռանդեան (yeṙandean)
  • յեռանդուստ (yeṙandust)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եռանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եռանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 256
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