հանդարտ

From Old Armenian հանդարտ (handart).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /hɑnˈdɑɾt/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /hɑnˈtɑɾd/,

հանդարտ • (handart) (superlative ամենահանդարտ)

1. calm, quiet, gentle

հանդարտ • (handart)

1. calmly, quietly, gently

From Iranian *han-darta-, composed of the prefix *ham- (“together”) and the past participle of *dárati (“to hold, have”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-. Compare Sanskrit संधृत (saṃdhṛta, “firmly held together, closely connected”).

հանդարտ • (handart)

1. calm, quiet, gentle
   • 5th century, Bible, Job 33.5:^[1]

     Եթե կարող ես տուր ինձ առ այս պատասխանի․ ապա թե ոչ՝ հանդարտ լեր․ կաց ըստ իս՝ եւ ես ըստ քեզ։

     Etʻe karoł es tur inj aṙ ays patasxani; apa tʻe očʻ, handart ler; kacʻ əst is, ew es əst kʻez.

     • Translation by Claude E. Cox

       Do give me an answer to this, if you can; if not, wait, take a stand with me, and I with you.

   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).6.17:^[2]

     Այլ գոյ ինչ եւ յաւձին բարի, զի իմաստուն է․ եւ յառեւծն, զի հզաւր է․ եւ յոչխարն, զի հանդարտ է։

     Ayl goy inčʻ ew yawjin bari, zi imastun ē; ew yaṙewcn, zi hzawr ē; ew yočʻxarn, zi handart ē.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       But there is something good in the serpent, for it is wise, and in the lion too, for it is mighty, and in the sheep, for it is gentle.

   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).26.1.^[3]:

     Է երէ ինչ, որ կոչի կասդորիոս, որ թարգմանի կուղբ․ հանդարտ եւ յոյժ զգաւն է երէն։

     Ē erē inčʻ, or kočʻi kasdorios, or tʻargmani kułb; handart ew yoyž zgawn ē erēn.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       There is an animal called castor, which is translated beaver; the animal is quite and very gentle.

հանդարտ • (handart)

1. calmly, quietly, gently

• համ- (ham-)

• Armenian: հանդարտ (handart)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հանդարտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հանդարտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 890
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հանդարտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy