բարդ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բարդ (bard).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /baɹtʰ/ invalid IPA characters (//)
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /paɹt/ invalid IPA characters (//)

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Adjective

բարդ • (bard) (superlative ամենաբարդ)

1. complicated, complex, difficult

   Synonym: դժվար (džvar)

   Antonyms: պարզ (parz), հասարակ (hasarak)

   բարդ հարց ― bard harcʻ ― tough issue

2. (grammar) compound, composite

   բարդ բառ ― bard baṙ ― compound word

Declension

Noun

բարդ • (bard)

1. heap of corn or grass

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥-ti-.

Noun

բարդ • (bard)

1. heap of corn or grass

Declension

Synonyms

• դէզ (dēz)

Adjective

բարդ • (bard)

1. heaped up, piled, bound up
2. (grammar) compound, composite

   բարդ անուն, բառ ― bard anun, baṙ ― compound word

3. (botany) polypetalous

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: բարդ (bard)
  • → Northern Kurdish: پارت (part)
  • → Laz:

    Georgian script: ბარდი (bardi)

    Latin script: bardi

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բարդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “bard”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 169
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017) “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 426
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy