Armenian

Adverb

անդ • ‎(and)

1. (dated) there, yonder, in that place

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian անդ ‎(and); see it for more.

Noun

անդ • ‎(and)

1. Alternative form of հանդ ‎(hand)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From *նո- ‎(*no-) grown with an obscure suffix -դ ‎(-d) also found in աստ ‎(ast) as -տ ‎(-t).

Adverb

անդ • ‎(and)

1. there, yonder, in that place

   անդ ի ներքս‎ ― and i nerkʿs ― therein, within

   ի վեր անդ‎ ― i ver and ― there above, yonder above

   անդ ի վայր‎ ― and i vayr ― down there, below

   աստ եւ անդ‎ ― ast ew and ― here and there

   անդ ուրեմն‎ ― and uremn ― there

2. at that time, then

   անդ եւ աստ‎ ― and ew ast ― then.. and now

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: անդ ‎(and)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ-, with cognates including Tocharian A ānt, Tocharian B ānte ‎(“surface”) Sanskrit अन्धस ‎(ándhas, “sprout of the Soma-plant”), Ancient Greek ἄνθος ‎(ánthos).

Alternatively, from Proto-Armenian *and- ‎(“door-frame, vestibule”) (whence դրանդի ‎(drandi)) with a semantic shift “door-frame, threshold, vestibule” → “court, courtyard” → “estate; household; family” → “the outer part of estate/properties”.

Alternative forms

• հանդ ‎(hand)

Noun

անդ • ‎(and)

1. cornfield, arable field

   անդք‎ ― andkʿ ― the fields, country

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: անդ ‎(and), հանդ ‎(hand)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “and”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 72