գինդ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գինդ (gind).

Pronunciation

Noun

գինդ (gind)

  1. earring
  2. type of bead or round ornament attached to a dress

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գինդ (gind) գնդեր (gnder)
dative գնդի (gndi) գնդերի (gnderi)
ablative գնդից (gndicʻ) գնդերից (gndericʻ)
instrumental գնդով (gndov) գնդերով (gnderov)
locative գնդում (gndum) գնդերում (gnderum)
definite forms
nominative գինդը/գինդն (gində/gindn) գնդերը/գնդերն (gnderə/gndern)
dative գնդին (gndin) գնդերին (gnderin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գինդս (ginds) գնդերս (gnders)
dative գնդիս (gndis) գնդերիս (gnderis)
ablative գնդիցս (gndicʻs) գնդերիցս (gndericʻs)
instrumental գնդովս (gndovs) գնդերովս (gnderovs)
locative գնդումս (gndums) գնդերումս (gnderums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գինդդ (gindd) գնդերդ (gnderd)
dative գնդիդ (gndid) գնդերիդ (gnderid)
ablative գնդիցդ (gndicʻd) գնդերիցդ (gndericʻd)
instrumental գնդովդ (gndovd) գնդերովդ (gnderovd)
locative գնդումդ (gndumd) գնդերումդ (gnderumd)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-eh₂-, from *wendʰ-.

Noun

գինդ (gind)

  1. earring
  2. necklace, collar

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: գինդ (gind)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գինդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գինդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գինդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 213—214
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 24