որդի

Inherited from Old Armenian որդի (ordi).

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• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /voɾˈtʰi/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /voɾˈti/,

որդի • (ordi)

1. son

   Synonyms: տղա (tġa), ուստր (ustr)

   Վարուժանը հպարտանում է իր որդով։ ― Varužanə hpartanum ē ir ordov. ― Varuzhan is proud of his son.

2. (rare) offspring of any gender, child

   Synonyms: երեխա (erexa), զավակ (zavak)

3. heir

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *portiyo-, from the root *per-, *por- (“to give birth”) whence also Latin pario (“bring forth, give birth”) and Old Armenian որթ (ortʻ, “calf”). Among cognates compare in particular Sanskrit पृथुक (pṛthuka, “boy; the young of any animal”), Ancient Greek πόρτις (pórtis, “bull-calf; boy”) and Latin partus (“birth; offspring”).

որդի • (ordi)

1. child, usually male child, son

   Որդի Աստուծոյ ― Ordi Astucoy ― Son of God, Only Son

   որդիք լուսոյ ― ordikʻ lusoy ― the children of light

   որդիք խաւարի ― ordikʻ xawari ― the children of darkness

   հոգւոյ որդի ― hogwoy ordi ― adopted child

   որդիք բրտից ― ordikʻ brticʻ ― potters

   որդիք որդւոց ― ordikʻ ordwocʻ ― nephews

   որդի ի հօրէ ― ordi i hōrē ― from father to son, successively

   ըստ հօրն եւ որդին ― əst hōrn ew ordin ― like begets or produces like

• Armenian: որդի (ordi)

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