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Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an Iranian compound, whose constituents are cognate with Persian دندان (dandân, “tooth”) and بند (band, “tie”). Old Georgian დანდალი (dandali) is related.
Noun
դանդանաւանդ • (dandanawand)
- bit (piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal)
- Synonym: սանձ (sanj)
5th century,
Bible,
Job 40.26:
- Եթէ կապիցե՞ս անուր ի քիթս նորա․ անցուցանիցե՞ս դանդանաւանդ [translating ψέλιον (psélion)] ընդ կզակս նորա։
- Etʻē kapicʻe?s anur i kʻitʻs nora; ancʻucʻanicʻe?s dandanawand [translating ψέλιον (psélion)] ənd kzaks nora.
- Translation by Claude E. Cox
- Will you attach a ring in its snout? Will you pass a bit through its chin?
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References
- ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 260
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դանդանաւանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դանդանաւանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դանդանաւանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 59