սուրհանդակ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սուրհանդակ (surhandak).

Pronunciation

Noun

սուրհանդակ (surhandak)

  1. courier, messenger
    Synonym: բանբեր (banber)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Wholly borrowed from an unattested Middle Iranian word equalling սուրհամ (surham, to run, haste) +‎ -անդակ (-andak).

Noun

սուրհանդակ (surhandak)

  1. runner, courier

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սուրհանդակ (surhandak) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սուրհանդակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 256b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “սուրհանդակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 734a
  • Bédirian, Petros S. (1977) “Quelques considérations sur l'intérêt des emprunts lexicaux en arménien”, in Istituto Lombardo – Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, Rendiconti, Classe di lettere e scienze morali e storiche (in French), volume 111, Milan, pages 192–193
  • Considine, Patrick (1984) “Two Armenian Runners”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics, volume 5, pages 51–54
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1899) “Horn P.: Neupersische Schriftsprache”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen (in German), volume 10, page 36 of 18–41
  • 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 304