գերդաստան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գերդաստան (gerdastan); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

գերդաստան (gerdastan)

  1. family; kin, clan

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaryan, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (to enclose with a fence) + -աստան (-astan). According to others, borrowed from the Iranian descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European root.

Noun

գերդաստան (gerdastan)

  1. body of servants and captives
  2. possessions
  3. estate, landed property

Declension

Derived terms

  • գերդաստական (gerdastakan)
  • գերդաստանիկ (gerdastanik)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գերդաստան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գերդաստան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գերդաստան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 209
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