հանդէս

From Middle Iranian *handēs. Compare Sanskrit संदेश (saṃ-deśa, “message, order, command”) and Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬀‎ (haṇdaēsaiiaŋᵛha, “teach, tell”, second-person singular present middle imperative). For the first part see համ- (ham-).

հանդէս • (handēs)

1. feast, public rejoicing

   հանդէս յաղթանակի ― handēs yałtʿanaki ― triumphal rejoicings

2. procession, solemnity, religious ceremony

   հանդէս թաղման ― handēs tʿałman ― burial, funeral obsequies

3. pomp, show, display, gala, exhibition, parade, state; scene, spectacle, show; arena

   հանդիսիւ ― handisiw ― pompously, solemnly

   համաշխարհական հանդէս ― hamašxarhakan handēs ― exhibition

   հանդէս թատրոնական ― handēs tʿatronakan ― theatre, spectacle, play

   ի հանդէս մարտից ― i handēs marticʿ ― among combats

   ի հանդէս ածել ― i handēs acel ― to exhibit, to expose to view, to display, to show off; to represent, to play, to act

4. proof, argument, demonstration; declaration, witness, testimony, evidence

   հանդէս առնել ― handēs aṙnel ― to make a show or display of, to show off, to display, to expose to view, to put or set forth

   հանդէս առնել քաջութեան ― handēs aṙnel kʿaǰutʿean ― to prove, to signalize one's valour, to signalize oneself by prowess, gallantry, bravery

   հանդէս առնել զօրութեան ― handēs aṙnel zōrutʿean ― to use or exert one's power

   հանդէս առնել պերճութեան, գիտութեան ― handēs aṙnel perčutʿean, gitutʿean ― to make a show of one's science

   հանդէս առնել իմաստութեան իւրոյ ― handēs aṙnel imastutʿean iwroy ― to display one's wisdom

   հանդէս առնել հանճարոյ ― handēs aṙnel hančaroy ― to heighten, to set off, to enhance, to give zest to one's parts or talent, to show one's wit, to play the sprightly, ingenious or witty

5. audit, examination, inspection, investigation; trial, experience, essay

   հանդէս զօրաց ― handēs zōracʿ ― review, muster

   հանդէս առնել ― handēs aṙnel ― to pass in review, to make a diligent investigation, to examine

   հանդէս առնել զօրաց, ի հանդիսի անցուցանել զզօրս ― handēs aṙnel zōracʿ, i handisi ancʿucʿanel zzōrs ― to review, to muster, to pass in review

   հանդէս համարոյ առնել ― handēs hamaroy aṙnel ― to examine, to register, to make a numbering or enumeration of

   զհանդէս առնուլ ― zhandēs aṙnul ― to examine, to prove, to know by experience

   ի հանդէս մտանել ― i handēs mtanel ― to enter the lists; to be ranked among

   ի հանդէս անցանել ― i handēs ancʿanel ― to compete, to rival, to vie with; to appear

   ի հանդէս մատուցանել ― i handēs matucʿanel ― to put to the trial, to the test, to prove

6. exercise, practice

   հանդէս առնել ― handēs aṙnel ― to exercise, to practise

7. deed, fact, act; bravery, great deeds
8. effects
9. fight, assault, combat
10. care, diligence
11. account
12. (post-classical) review, journal

• Armenian: հանդես (handes)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հանդէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հանդէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հանդէս”, 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