բովանդակ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բովանդակ (bovandak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

բովանդակ (bovandak)

  1. (literary) whole, all, entire
    բովանդակ աշխարհըbovandak ašxarhəthe whole world

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing։ compare Middle Persian (bwndk' /⁠bowandag⁠/, complete, entire, perfect), Parthian 𐫁𐫇𐫗𐫅𐫃 (bwndg /⁠bawandag⁠/, complete; completely). Ultimately from the root underlying the loanword բաւ (baw). For the suffix see -անդակ (-andak).

Adjective

բովանդակ (bovandak)

  1. whole, all, total, entire, perfect, complete
    բովանդակնbovandaknthe whole, the total, together

Adverb

բովանդակ (bovandak)

  1. all, entirely, totally, completely

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: բովանդակ (bovandak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բաւանդակ”, 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) “բովանդակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բաւանդակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բովանդակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 136