աղանդեր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian աղանդեր (ałander).

Pronunciation

Noun

աղանդեր • (aġander)

  1. (formal) dessert

Declension

Synonyms

  • դեսերտ (desert)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Noun

աղանդեր • (ałander)

  1. dessert
    • 5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] V.7:[1]
      Եւ ի ժամ աղանդեր մատուցանելոյ՝ եդին առաջի նորա միրգ, խնձոր եւ վարունգ եւ ամիճ, զի կերիցէ․
      Ew i žam ałander matucʻaneloy, edin aṙaǰi nora mirg, xnjor ew varung ew amič, zi kericʻē;
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        And at the time for the presentation of dessert, they placed fruit before [Aršak]—apples and cucumbers and amič, that he might eat.

Descendants

  • Armenian: աղանդեր (aġander)

References

  1. Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 199

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղանդեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղանդեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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