գունդ

Armenian

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian գունդ (gund).

Pronunciation

Noun

գունդ • (gund)

  1. spherical object, sphere, ball, orb
  2. (geometry) sphere
    գնդի ծավալը համեմատական է շառավղի խորանարդին ― gndi cavalə hamematakan ē šaṙavłi xoranardin ― the volume of the sphere is proportional to the cube of the radius
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian գունդ (gund).

Pronunciation

Noun

գունդ • (gund)

  1. (military) regiment
  2. (historical) troop, brigade, battalion (of soldiers)
  3. (archaic) group, assemblage
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Middle Iranian *gund (“spherical object”); see Middle Persian gwnd (gund, “testicle”) for more.

Alternative forms

  • գունտ (gunt) (post-classical)
  • կունտն (kuntn), կունտ (kunt), կունդն (kundn), կունդ (kund) (sense “wheel” only)

Noun

գունդ • (gund)

  1. spherical object, sphere, globe
    գունդ փոքրիկ ― gund pʿokʿrik ― bullet; globule
    գունդ անուոյ ― gund anuoy ― nave of a wheel
    գունդ կշռոց ― gund kšṙocʿ ― weight
    գունդ կապարեայ ― gund kapareay ― lead
  2. arch of heaven, vault
  3. celestial body, heavenly body, orb
  4. the spherical section of the lamp into which the oil is poured
  5. sounding line, plummet
    չափել զծով գնտով ― čʿapʿel zcov gntov ― to sound
  6. wheel
  7. human head
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: գունդ (gund)
    • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [script needed] (kʿûndä, “lump of earth; nave of a wheel”)
    • → Azeri: kündə
    • → Udi: ҝуьндаь (gʲündä)
  • → Georgian: გუნდა (gunda)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գունդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գունդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 593–594
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “²gund”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
  • Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎ (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 525

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian gwnd (gund, “army, troop; group, gathering”).

Noun

գունդ • (gund)

  1. group, assemblage, troop (of bees, men, angels but especially of soldiers)
  2. military theme, military province
    կողմն Վասպուրական գնդին ― kołmn Vaspurakan gndin ― Vaspurakan military province
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գունդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գունդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 594–595
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “¹gund”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
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