աղանդ

From Old Armenian աղանդ (ałand).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈʁɑnd/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈʁɑnt/,

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աղանդ • (aġand)

1. sect (a religious group sharing unorthodox religious beliefs)
2. (derogatory) cult
3. group of sect or cult members

• աղանդավոր (aġandavor), աղանդավորություն (aġandavorutʻyun)

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open. According to J̌ahukyan, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to wander, roam”), whence perhaps աղամող (ałamoł). Among the cognates he compares especially Ancient Greek ἀλάτεια (aláteia, “wandering, roaming”).

աղանդ • (ałand)

1. sect (a religious group sharing unorthodox religious beliefs)

   Synonym: դեն (den)

2. group of sect members
3. magic, charm, enchantment, sorcery
4. religion (orthodox, not a sect)

• Armenian: աղանդ (aġand)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 87
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աղանդ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 34ab