Armenian

Noun

ունդ • ‎(und)

1. Alternative spelling of հունդ ‎(hund)

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• հունդ ‎(hund) (post-classical)
• ունտ ‎(unt)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Possibly from Semitic *ḥunṭ-, from *ḥ-n-ṭ ‎(“grains”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ondʰ-os- and related to անդ ‎(and).

Noun

ունդ • ‎(und)

1. edible seed, grain; pulse, legume
2. (figuratively) progeny, descendants

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ունդ ‎(und), հունդ ‎(hund)
• Georgian: უნდი ‎(undi)

References

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