սանդուղք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սանդուղք (sandułkʿ).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [sɑnˈduχkʰ]
  • (file)

Noun

սանդուղք (sandułkʿ)

  1. stairs
  2. ladder

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սանդուխք (sanduxkʿ), սանդուխղք (sanduxłkʿ), սանդուղխք (sandułxkʿ)
  • սանդուղ (sanduł) post-classical, singulative

Etymology

The origin in uncertain.[1] Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skand- (to jump, go up) and cognate with Latin scandō (to climb), Sanskrit स्कन्दति (skandati, to jump), Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, trap), Old Irish sceinnid (to spring), but the correspondence of *sk- to ս- (s-) is irregular.[2][3][4][5]

Noun

սանդուղք (sandułkʿ) pl

  1. stairs, ladder

Declension

Derived terms

  • սանդղակառոյց (sandłakaṙoycʿ)
  • սանդղաձեւ (sandłajew)
  • սանդղամատն (sandłamatn)
  • սանդղատեսակ (sandłatesak)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: սանդուխտ (sanduxt), սանդուղտ (sandułt), սանդուխ (sandux), սանդուղխք (sandułxkʿ), սանտուխ (santux), սանտուխք (santuxkʿ)
    • Armenian: սանդուխ (sandux)
  • Armenian: սանդուղք (sandułkʿ)

References

  1. 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 951
  2. Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mechitharisten Buchdruckerei, page 27
  3. Dervischjan (Tērvišean), P. Seraphin (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 111
  4. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սանդուղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 173
  5. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), սանդուղք”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 667

Further reading

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