Middle Persian

Noun

gwnd • ‎(gund)

1. army, troop
2. group, gathering

Descendants

• Persian: غند ‎(ġund), غنده ‎(ġunda)
• → Arabic: جند ‎(jund)
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܓܘܢܕܐ ‎(gundā), ܓܘܕܐ ‎(guddā)
  • Mandaic: [script needed] ‎(guddā)
• → Old Armenian: գունդ ‎(gund)
  • Armenian: գունդ ‎(gund)
  • → Georgian: გუნდი ‎(gundi)
• → Udi: gündä

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “¹gund”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 805, page 179
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 131
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 595
• Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 86b

Etymology 2

From Old Persian *gunda-. Compare Avestan 𐬔𐬎𐬧𐬛𐬀 ‎(guṇda-, “lump of dough”) and Old Armenian գունդ ‎(gund), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

gwnd • ‎(gund)

1. testicle

Descendants

• Persian: گند ‎(gund)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “²gund”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38