պատուանդան

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Certainly an Iranian borrowing, but the details are unclear.

Ačaṙyan remarks that Middle Persian [script needed] (ptwnd /⁠patvand, paywand⁠/, connection, relationship) fits in form but not meaning. J̌ahukyan is more positive, adducing also Persian پابند (pâband, fetter), پای‌بست (pây-bast, foundation). Compare also Pazend Middle Persian 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬀𐬧𐬛 (paēvaṇd), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫛𐫏𐫇𐫗 (pywn /⁠paywann, paywenn⁠/, connection, tie), Khotanese [script needed] (pabana-, continuum, connexion). All of these ultimately go back to Proto-Iranian *pati- (against, toward) + *band- (to bind).

Noun

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պատուանդան (patuandan)

  1. footrest, footstool
    • 5th century, Bible, Psalm 99.5:
      Բարձր արարէք զՏէր Աստուած մեր, երկիր պագէք պատուանդանի ոտից նորա, զի սուրբ է։
      Barjr ararēkʻ zTēr Astuac mer, erkir pagēkʻ patuandani oticʻ nora, zi surb ē.
      Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.
    • 5th century, Eznik Kołbacʻi, Ełc ałandocʻ [Refutation of the Sects] :
      Եւ որ այնպէսն կարող է, ընդէ՞ր խափանիցէ զանձն՝ լինել պատուանդան ընդ ոտիւք այլոյ []
      Ew or aynpēsn karoł ē, əndē?r xapʻanicʻē zanjn, linel patuandan ənd otiwkʻ ayloy []

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: պատվանդան (patvandan)

Further reading

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