Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡund]

Noun

գունդ • ‎(gund)

1. spherical object, sphere, ball, orb
2. (geometry) sphere

   գնդի ծավալը համեմատական է շառավղի խորանարդին‎ ― gndi cavalə hamematakan ē šaṙavłi xoranardin ― the volume of the sphere is proportional to the cube of the radius

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian գունդ ‎(gund).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡund]

Noun

գունդ • ‎(gund)

1. (military) regiment
2. (historical) troop, brigade, battalion (of soldiers)
3. (archaic) group, assemblage

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Middle Iranian *gund ‎(“spherical object”); see Middle Persian gwnd ‎(gund, “testicle”) for more.

Alternative forms

• գունտ ‎(gunt) (post-classical)
• կունտն ‎(kuntn), կունտ ‎(****), կունդն ‎(kundn), կունդ ‎(kund) (sense “wheel” only)

Noun

գունդ • ‎(gund)

1. spherical object, sphere, globe

   գունդ փոքրիկ‎ ― gund pʿokʿrik ― bullet; globule

   գունդ անուոյ‎ ― gund anuoy ― nave of a wheel

   գունդ կշռոց‎ ― gund kšṙocʿ ― weight

   գունդ կապարեայ‎ ― gund kapareay ― lead

2. arch of heaven, vault
3. celestial body, heavenly body, orb
4. the spherical section of the lamp into which the oil is poured
5. sounding line, plummet

   չափել զծով գնտով‎ ― čʿapʿel zcov gntov ― to sound

6. wheel
7. human head

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: գունդ ‎(gund)
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [script needed] ‎(kʿûndä, “lump of earth; nave of a wheel”)
  • → Azeri: kündə
  • → Udi: ҝуьндаь ‎(gʲündä)
• → Georgian: გუნდა ‎(gunda)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գունդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գունդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• 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, pages 593–594
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “²gund”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 525

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian gwnd ‎(gund, “army, troop; group, gathering”).

Noun

գունդ • ‎(gund)

1. group, assemblage, troop (of bees, men, angels but especially of soldiers)
2. military theme, military province

   կողմն Վասպուրական գնդին‎ ― kołmn Vaspurakan gndin ― Vaspurakan military province

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: գունդ ‎(gund)
• Georgian: გუნდი ‎(gundi)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գունդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գունդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• 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, pages 594–595
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “¹gund”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38