Armenian

Adjective

պինդ • ‎(pind) ‎(superlative ամենապինդ)

1. durable, strong, solid

Declension

Synonyms

• ամուր ‎(amur)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From pre-Armenian *bendʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‎(“to bind; bond”).^[1][2][3][4] Martirosyan explains the change of the initial consonant by the operation of Grassman's law, although he admits that we have no further secure examples of this law in Armenian.^[5]

On the other hand, պինդ ‎(pind) has been derived from Iranian.^[6] Compare Khotanese piṇḍaa- ‎(“lump”), Sanskrit पिण्ड ‎(piṇḍa, “lump, ball (of food)”). This is considered less probable by Martirosyan.^[5]

Adjective

պինդ • ‎(pind)

1. firm, dense, tight, strong, fastened

   պնդով‎ ― pndov ― strongly, steadily

Declension

Adverb

պինդ • ‎(pind)

1. strongly, steadily

   պինդ կալ‎ ― pind kal ― to hold fast, to preserve, to persist

   պինդ ունել‎ ― pind unel ― to hold firmly to, to retain

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: պինդ ‎(pind)

References

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

1. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պինդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 82–83
2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բանտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 410a
3. ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 115
4. ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “պինդ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 637ab
5. 1 2 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “pind”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 552
6. ↑ Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129), Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 33