անդունդ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian անդունդ (andund).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑnˈdund]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ան‧դունդ

Noun

անդունդ (andund)

  1. abyss

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-bʰudʰno- (bottomless), composed of *n̥- (privative prefix) + *bʰudʰno- (bottom), from *bʰudʰmḗn; see there for more.[1][2][3] For similar formations compare Russian без-дна (bez-dna), Ancient Greek ἄ-βυσσος (á-bussos), English bottom-less.

Noun

անդունդ (andund)

  1. abyss
  2. the infernal regions, hell, tartar

Usage notes

Classically always used in the plural: անդունդք (andundkʿ).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), անդունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “andund-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 78

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), անդունդք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), անդունդք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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