հանդերձ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հանդերձ (handerj).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /hɑnˈdeɾt͡sʰ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /hɑnˈteɾt͡s/,

հանդերձ • (handerj)

1. (dated) dress, clothes, clothing

   Synonyms: զգեստ (zgest), հագուստ (hagust)

հանդերձ • (handerj)

1. together, with, along with

   հանդերձ ընտանյոք ― handerj əntanyokʻ ― together with the family

2. regardless, nevertheless

• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “հանդերձ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan, page 818a
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “հանդերձ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 46c
• Čizmēčean, Petros Vard. (1957) “հանդերձ”, in Hayerēn Ašxarhabar Lezui Liakatar Baṙaran [A Complete Dictionary of the New Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Aleppo: Ani Printing House, page 802b
• “հանդերձ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1974, page 292a

A borrowing from Iranian *han-darzi-. The first part is the etymon of հան- (han-), համ- (ham-), the second part is also found in դերձակ (derjak, “tailor”). For other external comparisons in Iranian, see in particular Middle Persian (dlc /⁠darz⁠/, “seam”), Parthian 𐫅𐫡𐫉- (drz-, “to tie on, load (carrier or pack-animal)”) and Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (handar^əzan, “bound together”).

հանդերձ • (handerj)

1. dress, clothes, clothing, garments
   • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 38.14:^[1][2]

     Եւ եհան զհանդերձս այրութեան իւրոյ յինքենէ, արկաւ տեռ և զարդարեցաւ

     Ew ehan zhanderjs ayrutʻean iwroy yinkʻenē, arkaw teṙ ew zardarecʻaw

     • Translation by Hrach Martirosyan

       She put off her widow's garments, put on a veil and adorned herself

2. pomp; apparel; supplies; preparation

հանդերձ • (handerj)

1. together, with, along with

• համ- (ham-)
• դերձակ (derjak)

• հանդերձապետ (handerjapet)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հանդերձ”, 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, page 39a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դերձակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 656–657
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “հանդերձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 41a
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հանդերձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 381b
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 179, 140
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հանդերձ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 446a
• 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
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 195