կարաւանդք

From Iranian *karan- (“side”) + *banda- (“a tie”), from *band- (“to tie”), +‎ -ք (-kʿ). Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥‎ (karan, “side”) and Persian بند‎ (band, “tie”).

կարաւանդք • (karawandkʿ) pl

1. a wide band covering the abdomen and the sides

• բանտ (bant)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կարաւանդք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կարաւանդք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կարաւանդք”, 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
• Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 58