խինդ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խինդ (xind); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

խինդ (xind)

  1. joy, mirth

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʰendʰ-, surviving also in Iranian languages. Compare Middle Persian (hndytn' /⁠xandīdan⁠/, to laugh), Persian خنده (xanda, laughter), خندیدن (xandidan, to laugh), Sogdian (γnt- /⁠xand-⁠/, to laugh), Northern Kurdish ken (laugh), kenîn (to laugh). The word has an alternative form *խինձ (*xinj) found in խնծիղ (xncił).

Noun

խինդ (xind)

  1. joy, mirth
    առ խնդինaṙ xndinfor joy
  2. poison hemlock

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խինդ (xind)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խինդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խինդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խինդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press