կունդ

Armenian

Etymology

From Persian کند (kond, “fetter, clog; stocks”).

Noun

կունդ • (kund) (obsolete)

  1. stocks (punishment device)
    Synonym: կոճղ (kočġ)
    • 1699, Zakʿaria Sarkawag Kʿanakʿeṙcʿi, Patmagrutʿiwn [Chronicle] II.25:[1][2]
      Եւ բարկացեալ հրամայեաց ըմբռնել զնա, եւ դնել կունդ ի պարանոցն, եւ շղթայ ի յոտսն, եւ արկանել ի մթին եւ ի նսեմ՝ եւ ի գարշահոտ ի բանտի
      Ew barkacʻeal hramayeacʻ əmbṙnel zna, ew dnel kund i paranocʻn, ew šġtʻay i yotsn, ew arkanel i mtʻin ew i nsem, ew i garšahot i banti
      • Translation by George A. Bournoutian
        Angry, he ordered to seize him, to put his neck in stock, his legs in chains, and throw him into a dark, gloomy, and stinky dungeon.

See also

References
  1. Zakʻaria Kʻanakʻeṙcʻi (1870) Zakʻareay Sarkawagi patmagrutʻiwn [Chronicle], volume II, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 41
  2. Bournoutian, George A. (2004) The Chronicle of Deacon Zak‘aria of K‘anak‘eṛ (Armenian Studies Series; 6)‎, Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, page 153

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 659a
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