# մեհևանդ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* մեհեվանդ (mehevand)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մեհեւանդ (mehewand).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /meheˈvɑnd/, [mehevɑ́nd]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /meheˈvɑnt/, [mehevɑ́ntʰ]

### Noun

մեհևանդ • (mehewand) (very rare, literary)
* bracelet, armlet, bangle
    Synonym: ապարանջան (aparanǰan)

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | մեհևանդ (mehewand) | մեհևանդներ (mehewandner) |
| dative | մեհևանդի (mehewandi) | մեհևանդների (mehewandneri) |
| ablative | մեհևանդից (mehewandicʻ) | մեհևանդներից (mehewandnericʻ) |
| instrumental | մեհևանդով (mehewandov) | մեհևանդներով (mehewandnerov) |
| locative | մեհևանդում (mehewandum) | մեհևանդներում (mehewandnerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | մեհևանդը/մեհևանդն (mehewandə/mehewandn) | մեհևանդները/մեհևանդներն (mehewandnerə/mehewandnern) |
| dative | մեհևանդին (mehewandin) | մեհևանդներին (mehewandnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | մեհևանդս (mehewands) | մեհևանդներս (mehewandners) |
| dative | մեհևանդիս (mehewandis) | մեհևանդներիս (mehewandneris) |
| ablative | մեհևանդիցս (mehewandicʻs) | մեհևանդներիցս (mehewandnericʻs) |
| instrumental | մեհևանդովս (mehewandovs) | մեհևանդներովս (mehewandnerovs) |
| locative | մեհևանդումս (mehewandums) | մեհևանդներումս (mehewandnerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | մեհևանդդ (mehewandd) | մեհևանդներդ (mehewandnerd) |
| dative | մեհևանդիդ (mehewandid) | մեհևանդներիդ (mehewandnerid) |
| ablative | մեհևանդիցդ (mehewandicʻd) | մեհևանդներիցդ (mehewandnericʻd) |
| instrumental | մեհևանդովդ (mehewandovd) | մեհևանդներովդ (mehewandnerovd) |
| locative | մեհևանդումդ (mehewandumd) | մեհևանդներումդ (mehewandnerumd) |

### References

* Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “մեհևանդ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 992c
* Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʻaramaz; Ter Xačʻaturean, Artašēs (1992) “մեհևանդ”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 141a

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Morphologically, a compound of *մեհի- (*mehi-) +‎ -աւանդ (-awand).
While certainly Iranian in origin, the first element is not easily recognizable. Perhaps this is a cognate of Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎 (mər$^ə$zu, “neck, vertebra”), from Proto-Iranian *mr̥ju-, although phonologically difficult to explain. Olsen (1999) instead suggested a derivation from Iranian *miθriya-βanda-, whose first part is possibly found in Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra), μίτρη (mítrē, “headband”). Alternatively, it is a descendant of Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah (“moon”), for a crescent-shaped jewelry.

### Noun

մեհևանդ • (mehewand)
* a kind of women's jewelry, either a necklace or a bracelet

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: մեհեւանդ (mehewand) (learned)
* → Old Georgian: მელევანდი (melevandi), მელავანდი (melavandi)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մեհևանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 297b
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մեհևանդ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 521b
* ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 194
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 894
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 197
* ↑ Tʻireakʻean, Yarutʻiwn (1914) “մեհևանդ”, in Ariahay baṙaran : Norog tesutʻeambkʻ ew yaweluacovkʻ [Armeno-Aryan Dictionary] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 273

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “մեհևանդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 246a
* J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “մեհևանդ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 968a
* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “մեհևանդ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 298b
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեհևանդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 465b