Talk:შარავანდი

Etymology

Hey @Vahagn Petrosyan, when looking at the dictionary it said it came from middle Persian shahra*vand meaning kingly, shining/gleaming, which is a lot closer to the meaning of შარავანდი (thus the derivative შარავანდედი). Do you know a term like that in middle Persian, I can't contribute to things like this (like აყალმაყალი (aq̇almaq̇ali)) because I don't know how to type the words... Embarrassing as it may be, I can't do anything about it. What's your take on it, not denying the Armenian etymology though, the meaning change is entirely possible. -Solarkoid (talk) 15:21, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

@Solarkoid: Middle Persian *šahrāvand is not attested. It is Andronikashvili's reconstruction (see now the references), a form which cannot explain Old Armenian աշխարաւանդ (ašxarawand). აყალმაყალი (aq̇almaq̇ali) is from Turkic. --Vahag (talk) 19:02, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

@Vahagn Petrosyan:. Ah, that makes much more sense, again Armenian borrowing could be considerable if meaning changes are attested in other positions too (Which I'm sure they are). Also thanks for updating on qalmaqal. Since Shanidze mentioned it came from Persian/Arabic I was searching asking people there. -Solarkoid (talk) 20:02, 2 September 2020 (UTC)