հիւանդ

Etymology

The origin is uncertain; perhaps from Parthian 𐫍𐫏𐫇𐫗𐫅‎*‎ (hywnd‎* /hēwand/), from Proto-Iranian *hayawantah, from *hayas (“illness”) +‎ *-wantah (“adjectival suffix”)^[1], possibly from Proto-Iranian *hāi- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *sHēy- (“to bind”). Compare also Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hyndk'), 𐫟𐫏𐫗𐫅𐫃‎ (xyndg /xīndag/, “sick, ill”).

Adjective

հիւանդ • (hiwand)

1. sick, ill, unwell, unhealthy, diseased; suffering, patient; invalid, infirm

   հիւանդ լինել ― hiwand linel ― to fall sick, to be ill

   լինել մահացու, վտանգաւոր հիւանդ, լինել հիւանդ ի մահ ― linel mahacʿu, vtangawor hiwand, linel hiwand i mah ― to fall seriously ill, dangerously ill

   դարմանել, խնամել զհիւանդ, հսկել առ հիւանդին ― darmanel, xnamel zhiwand, hskel aṙ hiwandin ― to nurse, to take care of, to tend, to assist, to watch by, to sit up by

   յայց ելանել հիւանդաց ― yaycʿ elanel hiwandacʿ ― to visit patients

   հիւանդ հոգւով եւ մարմնով ― hiwand hogwov ew marmnov ― ill both in body and mind

   հիւանդ եղէ ― hiwand ełē ― I have been ill

References

Further reading

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հիւանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հիւանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հիւանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press